Cold Soups

[Ms Zimmy]

I really want to get into cold soups this summer. Any good recipes you want to share?

I have some cucumber soup recipes...but haven't tried them yet.

I would love a tried and true recipe.

[Ms Zimmy]

A friend just sent me these two...I would modify them a little.

Avocado Soup

INGREDIENTS:

2 avocado - peeled, pitted and diced

1 tablespoon chopped shallots

1 tablespoon olive oil

2 cups chicken stock

1 cup heavy cream

salt and pepper to taste

1/4 teaspoon ground nutmeg

1 tomato - peeled, seeded and diced

DIRECTIONS:

Puree avocado in a blender or food processor until smooth. Sautee chopped shallots in olive oil until tender but not brown; set aside to cool.

In a large bowl, whisk together avocado with chicken stock, heavy cream and shallots until smooth. Stir in salt, pepper and nutmeg; adjust seasonings to taste.

Chill for at least half an hour before serving. Garnish with diced tomato.

Chilled Beet Soup

INGREDIENTS:

1 1/2 cups sour cream

2 tablespoons lemon juice

1/2 small onion

1 cup cooked beets

1 cup crushed ice

DIRECTIONS:

Place sour cream, lemon juice, onion and beets into a food processor or blender and puree until mixture is smooth.

Add ice or cold water, chill and serve with a dollop of sour cream on top.

[Gr8FuL]

Oh man they dont soudn very tasty to me, cold soup? thats like ice coffee, Blah

[fluffhead77]

no way, cold soup is awesome!

When I used to work at Clark's in Kingston, Jack had a cold cucumber and mint soup with creme fraiche - kicked alot of ass!

[Ms.Huxtable]

Mmm, I love cold cucumber soup and melon soups with mint.

Tomato gazpacho never really did it for me though, I don't know why.

[Ms Zimmy]

Mmmm cucumber with dill or mint.

That's what I'm talking about.

[bradm]

I remember seeing an episode of Bravo's "Arts & Minds", and it had a segment on a well-known Asian chef in Toronto; they followed him into the market (Kensington Market, I assume) and he found some winter melon, which he picked up immediately, to make a cold winter melon and crab soup for that night's menu.

Aloha,

Brad

[rubberdinghy]

I like warm soup too.

[AdamH]

I hate gazpacho. It's kind of a "gay" item and by that I don't mean homosexual I mean it's bright and cheery food. Like the original use of "gay". So you could say "My, what a lovely gay gazpacho you've made me" but that might open you up to a gay bashing of sorts.

[Freak By Night]

Lisa: You don't have to eat meat! I've got enough gazpacho for everyone... It's tomato soup, served ice cold!

Barney: Go back to Russia!

[Guest Low Roller]

Growing up I always had a Polish cold soup called Chlodnik (hu-WOHD-neek)

I found a recipe online:

Chilled Buttermilk Soup with Beets, Cucumber, Radish, and Dill

3 cups well-shaken chilled buttermilk

½ cup sour cream

½ teaspoon salt

1 cup chopped bottled pickled beets plus ¼ cup pickled beet liquid

1 cup chopped seedless cucumber (usually plastic wrapped)

½ cup chopped radish

2 Tablespoons chopped fresh dill

Whisk together buttermilk, sour cream, and salt in a bowl, then stir in remaining ingredients.

Chill at least 15 minutes before serving. Serves four.