This tasty roasted garlic beetroot soup recipe is perfect on chilly days. Easy to make and delicious with crusty bread, it makes a healthy starter or light main meal.
I love to make homemade soup at this time of year and this week I had a craving for beetroot soup. I'm not sure why. Maybe it was because I enjoyed the butternut squash soup I made recently so much that I fancied another smooth thick soup.
This roasted garlic beetroot soup is the perfect comfort food!
Maybe it's just because it's getting colder and I felt like soup. Sometimes you just need a big warming bowl of soupy comfort food and that is exactly what this soup is.
Roasting the veggies first intensifies the flavour
However, you're lucky I actually managed to make this soup at all. The reason being that the roasted vegetables smelled so amazing when I took them out of the oven that I almost just ate roasted vegetables for lunch. After all, the crispy caramelised bit on the roasted carrots, potatoes, and onions as well as the whole cloves of caramelised garlic were hard to resist. Almost impossible. If I hadn't known that this would make an equally tempting soup and if I hadn't planned to blog about it then trust me, I would not have actually continued with steps 4-5 of the recipe. I had a similar problem when making this roasted parsnip soup!
So, if you also get stuck at the end of step 3 and you have some feta, Cheshire or another crumbly cheese in the fridge then just crumble it over the top and you've got a tasty meal.
Feel-good food
However, I would like you to make this garlic beetroot soup. It's worth making for the gorgeous colour alone. Just looking at that deep rich purple red makes you feel good. Eating a bowlful of it makes you feel even better. I added a big spoonful of natural yogurt to the top of my soup. I love yogurt and as the soup is fairly sweet, the tang of the yogurt balances it out nicely. If you want to make a vegan soup then of course, omit the yogurt or use a vegan alternative.
Perfect for batch cooking
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More soup recipes
If you like this garlic beetroot soup then check out these other autumnal soups as well as my collection of easy homemade soups!
- Butternut squash soup topped with bacon
- Spiced carrot and tahini soup
- Sausage lentil and vegetable soup
- leftover roast vegetable soup!
Roasted Garlic Beetroot Soup
Ingredients
- 500 g beetroot chopped into large chunks
- 1 bulb garlic chopped in half
- 1 large potato, chopped into large chunks the same size as the beetroot
- 1 large carrot cut into quarters lengthwise
- 1 onion cut into quarters
- 2 tbsp oil
- 1 ltr vegetable stock
- Pinch black pepper
- Pinch salt
- 4 tbsp yoghurt
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 200C
- Put all the vegetables on a large baking tray and coat in the oil
- Roast in the oven for 45-60 minutes until the vegetables are cooked
- Put the vegetables in a saucepan along with the stock. Heat to boiling and then simmer for 10 minutes.
- Blend with a stick blender and serve each portion topped with a spoonful of yoghurt.
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Places I'm sharing this roasted garlic beetroot soup
Cook Blog Share hosted by Eb at Easy Peasy Foodie
Sarah Newman
I can't get enough soup, and this combo sounds superb!! I'm kinda obsessed with beets... 😉
Corina
They're so healthy, aren't they? I'll be trying some more soup combinations over the next few months too.
Jenna Urben
I've never had anything like this! Look so yummy 🙂
Corina
Thanks Jenna! The roasted vegetables are great in this - It's worth making if you have some beetroot.
Charlotte Oates
I've never had beetroot soup before but I love roasted beetroot so I'd imagine this tastes absolutely delicious. I'm definitely going to have to give it a try. I'll do it on a day I'm not wearing a white top though as I just know I'd end up spilling it down myself!
Corina
Lol! That's what I'm always afraid of when I cook anything with beetroot and when I try to make the children eat it!
Michelle - Hold the Moo
I love the idea of this and super excited to try it. You had me at roasted garlic!
Corina
Thanks Michelle! I loved the roasted garlic so much I'm even happy to just eat it as it is freshly roasted - It was a real struggle not to just eat all the roasted veggies before making them into soup.
Kristen @ The Endless Meal
I absolutely adore beet anything. This soup looks amazing!
Corina
Thanks Kristen. I'm so pleased you like it!
Jordan
I haven't tried to use beetroot yet, but this soup looks so colorful and soothing! I want to try now!
Corina
I love beetroot in a soup and this one is so creamy too as it has some potato in as well.
Jacqui bellefontaine
who doesnt love soup and this look so good. I have some beetroot in the fridge now I know what i can make with it this time
Corina
I hope you enjoy it Jacqui! Beetroot is definitely great for soups.
Kirsty Hijacked By Twins
Beetroot is a firm favourite here so this would go down a treat here. I love the vibrant colour that it adds to dishes. Thank you for sharing with #CookBlogShare x
Corina
Thanks Kirsty! I actually don't use beetroot enough and usually just roast it but this was so good - I'll definitely be using it a little more often now x
Emma @ Supper in the Suburbs
we've got a tonne of beetroot which we grew over the summer which needs eating. This looks lush!
Corina
Thanks Emma! I will have to try growing beetroot one year. I have tried a few vegetables but I tend to forget about them and they never do very well so I am always envious of people who are can grown their own.
Monika Dabrowski
Your soup sounds warming and delicious and I really like your soup cups too:) Stumbled!
Corina
Thanks Monika! The soup cups were a present I was given a couple of years ago and they are so useful. I have to stop myself from using them everytime I make soup though as I worry all my pictures would look exactly the same!
Eb Gargano | Easy Peasy Foodie
This looks AMAZING!!! But I am so with you on the roasted vegetables thing...I am not at all they would have been made into soup in my house - I do so love roasted veg! And add a little feta cheese into the mix - mmmm. Though I quite like the idea of having this as roasted veg on day 1 and then blended up for soup for later in the week...not there's an idea. Thanks for linking up to #CookBlogShare! Eb x
Corina
That is such a good idea to add a little feta and to eat roasted veg one day then soup the next. Although I'd have to do a huge amount to make sure there was enough left for soup! x
TurksWhoEat
I LOVE the color of this soup! It sounds delicious and healthy also!
mydeliciousmeals
mmmm, I like beets! We usually make Russian Soup Borscht in my family, but this looks a little different and definitely worth a try. You can't go wrong with beets and garlic )
Corina
I love borscht too but this is thicker and a little simpler.
sue | theviewfromgreatisland
We couldn't be more on the same page today, except my soup is a vibrant green! I love beets, both for their flavor and their incredible color, so this gorgeous soup will happen in my kitchen this week, for sure!
Corina
Thanks Sue! I love green soups too - they just feel so healthy. I hope you enjoy this one.
April
Such a beautiful color! My grandmother loved making beetroot recipes including soup but I never like it. I had some not too long ago and I was amazed that it was so good!
Corina
I also avoided beetroot for years as I thought I didn't like it. It was actually trying some really good beetroot soup in Poland that made me realise I did like it!
Constance Smith
Oh wow! This looks amazing. I actually have some beets growing in my garden right now. This would be a great way to prepare some of them.
Corina
I hope you enjoy it! I'm always envious of people who manage to grow vegetables in their gardens. I don't have green fingers at all!
Shashi at Savory Spin
I simply LOVE beets and this soup sounds so scrumptious! Perfect comfort food!
Corina
Thanks Shashi! I think beets go really well in soups although I am always a little nervous of getting beetroot stains everywhere!
Christine
What a delicious and healthy soup! Perfect for cozy fall evenings!
Corina
Thank you Christine. I'm so pleased you like it.
jacquee | i sugar coat it!
It's dark and raining here today, this would add a nice splash of colour and comfort!
Corina
Oh soup always does that to me. I think it's such a great autumn/winter comfort food!
Andrea - The Petite Cook
I love making homemade soup, but I never used beetroot before. it looks super thick and delicious, I'm definitely making it soon!
Corina
I love thick soups as I think they have even more flavour. Do let me know if you make this one.