Saturday, April 21, 2007

Sweet and Spicy Beet Soup

Inspired by zenpawn's Raw Alphabet (ABC) Soup (as well as his encouragement that my very basic blender could handle this task) and hishealingways' soup chewies (scroll down to photos 4, 5, and 6), I made a garlic-ginger apple/beet/celery soup with apple/walnut/celery chewies:



Ingredients:
olive oil (optional)
apples
beet roots
celery
minced garlic (optional)
ginger (or other spices or optional)
walnuts

Core and cut up an unpeeled apple (I used a gala). Chop about 1/8 of the apple into small chewies and set aside. Cut the rest of the apple into medium-sized pieces and put in the blender.

Wash and peel (using a regular carrot/potato peeler) a smallish/medium sized beet. Remove the stem and root tip and cut into pieces. Add the beet to the blender.

Wash one very large or two medium celery stalks. Chop about 1/4 of it small and add to the chewies bowl. Cut the rest into pieces and add to the blender.

Chop a small handful of walnuts into chewie pieces and set aside with the other chewies.

Add two teaspoons (one clove) of minced garlic to the blender if desired. Add ground ginger, if desired, to taste (I used about a teaspoon). Add a drizzle (somewhere between a teaspoon and a tablespoon) of cold-pressed extra-virgin olive oil to the blender if desired.

Add between 1/2 and 1 cup of water (I used about 3/4 cup) to the blender. It's best to start with a small amount of water and add more as needed during blending to attain desired consistency.

Blend all ingredients until it forms a smooth soup. Stir in the chewies and serve cold, with garnish.

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