CUCUMBER AND AVOCADO SOUP
Very fresh tasting summer soup that is very healthy, too. Perfect use of home grown cucumbers. Very time consuming, but a nice treat. Cook time is chill/marinating time.
Provided by little_wing
Time 8h30m
Yield 6 serving(s)
Number Of Ingredients 8
Steps:
- Cut 5 cucumbers in to 3" chunks.
- Place half in a food processor or blender with 2 tablespoons of honey and process until smooth.
- Pour mixture through a cheesecloth lined strainer into a bowl.
- Puree remaining chunks of cucumber, (without honey), and strain through cheesecloth into same bowl.
- Peel, seed and thinly slice remaining cucumbers and place slices in a separate bowl.
- Add vinegar and remaining 2 tablespoons of honey and toss to coat.
- Cover and chill both bowls of cucumber for at least 8 hours.
- Using a fine-mesh strainer and the back of a spoon, squeeze the juice from pureed cucumber mixture. Discard the solids.
- Place half the marinated cucumber slices, avocado and 1 and 3/4 cups cucumber juice in blender or food processor and process until smooth.
- Repeat with remaining cucumber slices and 1 and 3/4 cups of juice. Reserver any remaining juice for another use, if desired.
- Stir in chopped dill, salt and pepper.
- Spoon into serving bowls and garnish with cracked black pepper and dill sprigs if desired.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 179.6, Fat 5.5, SaturatedFat 0.9, Sodium 110.9, Carbohydrate 34.6, Fiber 5.1, Sugar 21, Protein 4.3
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