Wow Really Cool Chilled cucumber Soup With Pesto
From mystic_river1 15 years ago
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- Serves 6
This cool, pale-green soup complements grilled dishes. Make it and the accompanying pesto earlier on the day of the meal or even a night ahead. As this recipe proves, pesto, a classic paste of basic ingredients, can contain many different greens besides the traditional basil. Read more If you are not using the pesto within about 1 hour, cover it with plastic wrap laid directly onto the pesto to maintain its vivid green color, and refrigerate the pesto until it is needed. Vegetarian Times Issue: June 1, 2004 p.60 See less
Ingredients
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- 2 cups lightly packed arugula leaves shopping list
- 1 clove garlic shopping list
- 1/2 cup (2 1/4-oz. pkg.) sliced or slivered almonds, toasted shopping list
- 1/4 cup grated parmesan cheese shopping list
- 1/4 cup plus 2 Tbs. olive oil shopping list
- salt to taste shopping list
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- 2 12- to 14-oz. cucumbers, preferably English or European, peeled and seeded shopping list
- 2 scallions, with green tops, cut into chunks shopping list
- 1 cup nonfat buttermilk shopping list
- Pinch white pepper shopping list
- salt to taste shopping list
How to make it
- To make Pesto:
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- Put arugula and garlic in a food processor, and process. Add almonds and Parmesan cheese, and process again. With motor running, pour in oil, and process until a thick paste forms. Add salt to taste. Set aside.
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- To make Soup:
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- Put cucumbers, scallions and buttermilk in a food processor or blender, and puree. Season with pepper and salt. Refrigerate for at least 30 minutes, or longer if possible.
- To serve, ladle soup into bowls. Spoon about 1/2 tablespoon pesto into each bowl, and serve soup. Serve remaining pesto in a bowl on side.
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I love the uniqueness of this pesto the buttermilk rounds out the flavor of this chilled cucumber soup.
The overall texture and the color of the finished recipe will make me guest extremely happy.
High 5
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