Baltic Cold Spinach Soup

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By: Andrew Chase

This cold soup, a meal in itself, served with buttered Russian-style pumpernickel was my recently deceased father's favourite dinner on summer evenings. In Latvian Yiddish, we call it botchvina, derived from the Russian botvinya.

Ingredients

6 cups (1.5 L) chopped spinach or beet greens

1-3/4 tsp (9 mL) salt

1/4 tsp (1 mL) white pepper or pepper

1 cup (250 mL) milk

3 egg yolks

1 piece (6 inches/15 cm) cucumber

1 cup (250 mL) sour cream

1/4 cup (60 mL) lemon juice

4 hard-cooked eggs, sliced

1/4 cup (60 mL) chopped chives or green onions

Preparation

In saucepan, bring 6 cups (1.5 L) water to boil; boil spinach, salt and pepper over medium-high heat, until greens are tender, about 4 minutes. Reduce heat to low.

Meanwhile, in bowl, whisk together milk and egg yolks; whisk in 1 cup (250 mL) hot soup. Stir milk mixture into soup; cook just below simmer, stirring constantly, until soup is thickened to milky consistency, 4 minutes. Pour into bowl; let cool. Refrigerate until cold.

Halve cucumber lengthwise; slice thinly and set aside.

Whisk 3/4 cup (175 mL) of the sour cream and lemon juice into soup. Ladle into 4 bowls; top with cucumber, eggs and 1 tbsp (15 mL) sour cream; sprinkle with chives.

Makes 4 servings.

Serving(s): 4

Nutritional Information
Per serving: about
Calories	267
Protein	15 g
Fat (total)	19 g
Sat. Fat	9 g
Carbohydrate	12 g
Fibre	3 g
Cholesterol	366 mg
Sodium	1.196 mg
Calcium	28 % RDI
Iron	30 % RDI
Vitamin A	94 % RDI
Vitamin C	28 % RDI
Folate	83 % RDI

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Source

Homemakers Magazine: Summer 2004

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