This soup is a thicker soup but ooh so delicious. It has a milder sweeter flavor with the roasted balsamic vinegar & with the roasted beets. You can taste a hint of young fresh thyme. This sounds wonderful, right? If you like a smoother soup, just Vitamix it!

Step 1: Gather Your Ingredients!

1500 grams fresh beets, cleaned, skin & top removed with plastic gloves on, cut up into smaller chunks, weighted when peeled & cut up!

2 tablespoons, cleaned finely cut up fresh thyme, big stalks removed

Maldon sea salt black pepper

1600 ml of vegan gluten-free hot vegetable stock

2 fat shalots, peeled & finely cut up

a fruity extra virgin olive oil: 2 tablespoons

a good aged balsamic vinegar : 2 tablespoons

Step 2: Roast Your Veggies, Fry Your Shallots & Make Your Soup!

Preheat your oven to 200° C ( 400 F ) for 10 minutes.Take a large non-stick oven roasting pan & place your cut up beets all in 1 layer in it. Scatter with the fresh thyme pieces. Drizzle 2 tablespoons of that fruity evoo all over it. Now, drizzle your 2 tablespoons of aged balsamic vinegar all over the beet chunks. Season with some sea salt flakes & about 12 grins of black pepper. With gloves on, mingle everything together & place into the center of the hot oven & roast for about 30 minutes, until cooked through or softer. When you open your oven door your house will smell amazing!

Take a large cooking pot & heat up on high heat. When hot, add a few drizzles of that same fruity evoo. Now, add chopped shalots & fry until golden & cooked through. Season with some sea salt & black pepper. Add 1300 ml hot stock & stir. Add roasted beets & mix with an immersion blender. Now, you will end up with a thicker soup. You just look at the above picture. Ladle your soul into lovely white soup bowl & enjoy it with a good slice of lovely bread smeared with vegan butter. This way you can use your bread to soak up the last soup into your bowl! Yum yum yummmm! Leftovers, put it in the fridge, please!

You can also find this tasty recipe here on my blog: http://sophiesfoodiefiles.wordpress.com/2015/09/06/roasted-beetroot-balsamic-thyme-soup-vegan-gluten-free/