This classic Russian soup gets a little upgrade with the addition of some homemade gnocchi dumplings made with roasted beets.
Prep Time25minutes
Cook Time1hour30minutes
Total Time1hour55minutes
Servings6- 8 servings
Ingredients
Roasted Beets:
7 - 8medium beets
Borscht:
6cupsvegetable broth
3large potatoespeeled and chopped into cubes
3medium carrotsthinly sliced or shredded
1small red onionfinely chopped
3clovesgarlicminced
1/4of 1 large head red cabbagecored and shredded
1large tomatodiced
4roasted beetschopped into small cubes
1cuptomato sauce
2tablespoonssugar
salt and papper to taste
2teaspoonsdried dillor 2 tablespoons fresh
coconut cream for toppingoptional
Gnocchi:
1 1/2cupsall purpose flour
3/4cupwhole wheat flour
1/3cupcoconut milk
3medium roasted beets
1teaspoonsalt
1teaspoonbaking powder
Instructions
Roasted Beets:
Preheat oven to 400 degrees F (200 C) and line 2 oven trays with a pieces of foil. Cut the stems off of the beets and divide them between pans, then place them on the foil and sprinkle about 1 tablespoon of water over them. Bring the corners of foil up to meet and form a foil ''packet'' around them. Bake for 40 to 45 minutes or until the beets are fork tender. Remove from oven and cool until you can handle them, then peel away the skins.
Borscht:
Combine broth with chopped carrots and potatoes in a large stock pot and place over high heat. Cover and bring to a boil. Cook for about 15 minutes then add onions, garlic, cabbage, diced tomatoes, and half of the (reserve the rest for the gnocchi) roasted beets.
Reduce heat to medium low, cover, and cook for about 30 minutes until carrots and potatoes are tender, then add tomato sauce, sugar, dill, salt, and pepper then reduce to simmer for 10 minutes.
Gnocchi:
Meanwhile, after adding the beets to the pot, make the gnocchi. Place 3 - 4 medium beets in a food processor and process until smooth. Add coconut milk, salt, and baking powder and pulse until combined, then add flour and pulse a few more times until well mixed.
Scrape dough out onto a lightly floured work surface (if your counters will stain then lay out a piece of parchment or wax paper to work on). Divide the dough in half and roll each half into a snake shape, about 1 inch in diameter. Use a knife to cut it into gnocchi pieces then use a fork to make imprints on tops and bottoms. Repeat until all of the dough is made into gnocchi shapes.
Now add gnocchi to the pot and cook for 5 - 10 minutes until gnocchi is cooked through.
Remove from heat and serve hot topped with coconut cream.