Golden Beet Soup With Goat Cheese Recipes

A CHILLED SOUP OF GOAT CHEESE AND BEETS

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 400°F (200°C). Cut the leaves from the beets (cook them later, treating them as you might spinach) and scrub the beets well. Put them in a roasting pan with a tablespoon of oil and three of water and cover tightly with aluminum foil. Roast for forty-five minutes to an hour, until dark and almost tender.
• Warm the second tablespoon of oil in a shallow pan. Chop the green onions and let them soften for five minutes or so in the oil. Set aside.
• Peel the beets and chop the flesh coarsely. Put them in the pan with the onions, pour over the stock, and bring to a boil. Simmer for seven or eight minutes, cool slightly, then purée in a blender until smooth. Check the seasoning. It will need salt and black pepper. Pour into a pitcher and chill in the refrigerator.
• To make the cream, remove the skin from the goat cheese and mash the flesh with a fork. Stir in the yogurt and chopped herbs. Serve the soup when it is thoroughly chilled, adding spoonfuls of the herb cream at the table.

VEGETARIAN BEET SOUP WITH GOAT CHEESE AND DILL

Steps:

• Heat oven to 425°F. Line rimmed cookie sheet with foil.
• In medium bowl, place olive oil. Toss onion and beets in oil; place cut sides down on cookie sheet. Toss potatoes and carrots in oil; place on cookie sheet. Roast about 1 hour or until beets and potatoes are tender in center when pierced with paring knife.
• Transfer carrots to blender. Peel potatoes, beets and onions. Add half of vegetables to blender. Add salt, pepper, smoked paprika and 1 cup of the broth. Cover and blend until smooth; pour into 4-quart saucepan. Blend remaining vegetables with 1 more cup of the broth. Add to pan.
• Add remaining broth to pan; heat to simmer over medium heat. Continue to simmer, uncovered, 5 minutes. Divide among 6 bowls; top with goat cheese; sprinkle with dill.