Chilled Cucumber Soup
From merlin 17 years ago
- 150 minutes to make
- Serves 6
A very sophisticated cold soup English cucumbers and leeks flavored with chives, mint and dill. (Just to let my new cooking friends know I have a softer, gentler, more vegetative side!)
Ingredients
- 4 English cucumbers, peeled shopping list
- 1 shallot minced shopping list
- 2 leek, white part only, minced shopping list
- 1 medium sweet white onion, minced shopping list
- 1 bay leaf shopping list
- 2 T. flour shopping list
- 2 cans (28 oz) chicken broth shopping list
- 1 can (12 oz) condensed milk shopping list
- 4 T. sour cream (light or non-fat is OK) shopping list
- 1 T dried dill or 2 T fresh dill shopping list
- 1 t. dried or 1 T. fresh mint leaves shopping list
- juice of 1 medium lemon (watch the seeds) shopping list
- Tabasco sauce to taste shopping list
- cracked black pepper shopping list
- sea salt shopping list
- chives shopping list
How to make it
- 1) Slice 3 of the cucumbers. Shred the fourth and reserve.
- 2) In a medium pot, sauté the sliced cucumbers, leek, shallot, onion and bay leaf in a little olive oil until the vegetables are soft.
- 3) Stir in flour
- 4) Add chicken broth. Bring to a boil and simmer 30 minutes. Remove bay leaf.
- 5) Add condensed milk, dill, mint and sour cream and reserved shaved cucumber.
- 6) Puree in a blender or food processor until smooth. Or use a hand blender. Add lemon juice
- 7) Add sea salt and Tabasco sauce to taste. Adjust seasonings.
- 8) Chill until cool.
- 9) Serve topped with cracked black pepper and chives.
The Rating
Reviewed by 3 people-
I love this recipe. I'd need to adapt it slightly for my boring non-dairy needs but I'm sure this would work for me! I don't normally have a lot of time for cucumber but I think I could grow to love them with this recipe. Thank Merlin!
sitbynellie
in Glasgow loved it
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This soup is lovely! I am not usually a fan of cucumber, or cold soups for that matter, but I am now converted! The flavour of leeks, onion and shallots, mint and dill balance the flavour of the cucumber. As usual I had to adapt it for my dairy free ...more
sitbynellie
in Glasgow loved it
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Love cucumber soup. Sounds like a great one. Thanks.
grandmommy
in Nashville loved it
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