Lithuanian Cold Soup Chłodnik

Ingredients

• 1 liter (4 cups) buttermilk, plain kefir or plain yogurt
• 100 ml (~3/4 cup) crème fraiche or sour cream (optional)
• 3 beets (around 300-350 g), washed and dried (for baking)
• 2 beets (around 200 g), peeled, washed and cut into slices
• 5-6 stalks of young beets, washed and cut into halves
• 2 handfuls of young beets’ leaves, washed and chopped
• 3 small size pickling cucumbers or 1 medium cucumber, peeled, washed and chopped into very small cubes (around 200 g)
• 1 bunch chives, finely chopped
• 1 bunch dill, finely chopped
• 2 to 3 tablespoons red wine vinegar (or 100 ml Polish-style sour beet concentrate or sour cucumbers’ juice, but it is not so easy to buy) (optional)
• 8 to 10 hard boiled quail’s eggs (or 4 regular hard boiled eggs)
• 120 g crayfish meat or shrimp (optional)
• Salt
• Pepper
• A pinch or two powdered sugar

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