Borsht

Borscht is a wonderfully vibrant beetroot soup, try the Hairy Bikers’ simple version inspired by their travels around the Baltic sea.

• 1 tbsp vegetable oil
• 15g/½oz butter
• 1 large carrot, diced
• 1 celery stick, diced
• 1 onion, finely chopped
• 3 medium sized beetroots (around 450g/1lb unpeeled weight), peeled and diced
• 1 large waxy potato, diced
• 2 garlic cloves, finely chopped
• 1½ litres/2½ pints good quality beef stock
• ½ purple cabbage, finely shredded
• 2 tomatoes, skinned, cored and chopped
• salt and freshly ground black pepper

To serve

• sour cream
• 1 tbsp finely chopped dill