Chilled Cucumber Soup 2 Recipe

Free Recipe Chilled Cucumber Soup 2

Recipe Type: Free Recipes

Recipe Preparation: boil

Cooking Ingredients for Chilled Cucumber Soup 2 Recipe

1 md English cucumber; skinned
-and
3 Leeks; white and light green
-parts only
2 Cloves garlic; finely
-chopped (up to 3)
4 c Veggie stock
2 ts Fresh mint; finely chopped
2 ts Fresh chives
Salt & pepper to taste
3/4 c Buttermilk (or your
-favourite substitute)
Additional mint leaves and
-chives for garnish

Chilled Cucumber Soup 2 Preparation

In a large pot, brown garlic in a little stock. Clean and chop leeks into quarter slices and add to garlic, cooking with a little stock until soft. While softening, chop cucumber into rounds and add to leeks and garlic. Pour in stock and bring the mixture to a boil. Once boiling, turn down heat to med. to low, and simmer until the vegetables are soft (approx. 10 min.). When vegetables are soft, puree until smooth in a blender or food processor. Pour mixture into large bowl and allow to cool. Once cooled, add buttermilk and combine. Stir in mint and chives into soup. Refrigerate min. 2 hrs to overnight. When ready to serve, garnish with salad shrimp, fresh chives and a sprig of mint. Posted to Digest eat-lf.v097.n208 by Sandra Kidd <SKIDD@mccarthy.ca> on Aug 18, 1997

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Recipe Serves: 6

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