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Lithuania puts pink soup on the map

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Lithuania puts pink soup on the map

Lithuania puts pink soup on the map

Refreshing, savoury and bright pink, cold beetroot soup, or 'saltibarsciai' has been a favourite dish in Lithuanian kitchens for hundreds of years.

Now, in a bid to drive up tourism after coming out of coronavirus lockdown, the country's national tourism board has published a map showing where connoisseurs can try more than 30 different varieties.

Pink soup... 30 ways Location: Vilnius Cold beetroot soup know as 'saltibarsciai' has been a favorite in Lithuanian kitchens for hundreds of years But chefs across the country are now tweaking the recipe in a bid to drive up tourism Connoisseurs can try at least 30 versions of pink soup by following the locations highlighted on a 'saltibarsciai map' (SOUNDBITE) (English) TRAVEL IN LITHUANIA SPOKESMAN, OLEG VOLKOV, SAYING: "Some of the varieties are weird-sounding and I haven't tried all of them, but the traditional recipe is you take several beetroot, you grate them, you grate a cucumber, you pour kefir over it, you add a boiled egg, or you don't, depending on how much protein you like in your soup." "...With saltibarsciai the greatest thing is that you can have it with virtually anything.

You can have it with blackberries and ham.

If you're a vegan you can have it with almond milk.

If you like it really really exotic, you have saltibarsciai, a cold soup, with freshly-caught crayfish." Some recipes are especially unusual One location even offers the soup in 'cake' form (SOUNDBITE) (Lithuanian) OWNER OF PATORE SESES BAKERY, LINA KALINAUSKAITE, SAYING: "This is like a compact saltibarsciai version, it can be transported, you can take it for a picnic or to visit someone.

It's a fun form of saltibarsciai."




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