DISH RESEARCH · Soup
Barščiai
A beetroot soup with potato, carrot and aromatic vegetables.

About Barščiai
Iveta shares this barščiai as a simple everyday beetroot soup familiar to Lithuanian cooks. Her vegetable-stock version combines cooked grated beetroot with potato, carrot, onion and garlic.
Tomato paste and sugar shape the beetroot base, while bay leaves and pepper provide the aromatics. Salt is an optional final adjustment in the published method.
Grated beetroot runs through the soup around the diced root vegetables. The preparation keeps the vegetables as distinct components in its beet-coloured broth.
Allergens in this recipe
Allergen details are not yet confirmed.
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Ingredients in Barščiai
Iveta’s Lithuanian vegetable-stock barščiai.
- CarrotBase
- PotatoBase
- OnionAromatic
- GarlicAromatic
- OilCooking mediumIngredient page not linked
- WaterLiquid
- Vegetable stock cubeSeasoning
- Bay leavesAromatic
- Tomato pasteBase
- SugarSweetener
- Cooked grated beetrootsBase
- PepperSeasoningIngredient page not linked
- SaltSeasoning · Optional
Ingredient details & uncertainties
Allergen information is incomplete. Unconfirmed details do not establish that an allergen is absent.
- Carrot: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed
- Potato: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed
- Onion: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed
- Garlic: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed
- Oil: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Botanical source unreported.
- Water: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Explicit soup38/48 and conditional aromatic-sauté water47.
- Vegetable stock cube: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Named compound formula unprovided, no speculative individual allergens.
- Bay leaves: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed
- Tomato paste: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed
- Sugar: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed
- Cooked grated beetroots: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Actual boiled/cooked option43 selected over preserved/canned alternative; broader beetroot link, separate prior boiling formula unknown.
- Pepper: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Unqualified pepper, type unreported.
- Salt (optional): Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Listed to taste45, final method50 explicitly if needed.
Origins & food traditions
Countries
- Lithuania
- LithuaniaCatalogue link pending review
Cuisines & regions
- Lithuanian Cuisine
- Lithuanian CuisineCatalogue link pending review
AI-generated illustration of one possible presentation. Recipes and ingredients vary; the image does not establish allergen content.