CHILLED CUCUMBER SOUP WITH SMOKED SALMON AND DILL
Steps:
- Melt butter in heavy large pot over medium heat. Add onions and sauté until slightly softened, about 3 minutes. Add cucumbers and potato; stir 1 minute. Add broth, dill sprigs, and 1 teaspoon salt. Increase heat and bring to simmer. Reduce heat to low; cover and simmer until cucumbers and potato are tender, stirring occasionally, about 25 minutes. Working in batches, puree soup in processor until smooth. Return to pot. Cool 15 minutes. Whisk in 1/2 cup crème fraîche and 4 tablespoons minced dill. Cover and chill until cold, about 4 hours. (Can be made 1 day ahead. Keep chilled.) Taste soup, adding more salt if desired. Ladle soup into 6 bowls. Place dollop of crème fraîche in center of each bowl; sprinkle with smoked salmon and remaining 2 tablespoons minced dill.
SALMON DILL SOUP
This is the best soup I have ever made, according to my husband, who loves salmon so much that he could eat it every day. Salmon is a treat for both of us, so when I get some, I try to make it a very special dish like this one. -Hidemi Walsh, Plainfield, Indiana
Provided by Taste of Home
Categories Lunch
Time 30m
Yield 2 servings.
Number Of Ingredients 12
Steps:
- Place the first 4 ingredients in a saucepan; bring to a boil. Reduce heat to medium; cook, uncovered, until vegetables are tender, 10-15 minutes. , Add mushrooms. In a small bowl, mix flour and milk until smooth; stir into soup. Return to a boil; cook and stir until mushrooms are tender. Reduce heat to medium; stir in cheese until melted., Reduce heat to medium-low. Add salmon; cook, uncovered, until fish just begins to flake easily with a fork, 3-4 minutes. Stir in pepper and salt. Sprinkle with dill.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 398 calories, Fat 14g fat (4g saturated fat), Cholesterol 71mg cholesterol, Sodium 647mg sodium, Carbohydrate 37g carbohydrate (7g sugars, Fiber 3g fiber), Protein 30g protein. Diabetic Exchanges
SMOKED SALMON AND DILL SOUP
Don't want to lose this. Sounds like a good use of leftover smoked salmon. You need 6 oz. smoked salmon to make this.
Provided by Oolala
Categories Kosher
Time 20m
Yield 4 serving(s)
Number Of Ingredients 13
Steps:
- Melt butter in a large saucepan.
- Gently cook shallots in butter until soft.
- Stir in flour, then gradually add milk; bring to a boil; add stock and and cucumber.
- Simmer 10 minutes.
- Reserve several salmon bits for garnish and chop remaining salmon bits and add to stock mixture.
- Cook gently 2-3 minutes.
- In a food processor fitted with a metal blade, or a blender, process soup to a puree.
- Clean pan and return soup to pan; stir in chopped dill and half and half.
- Season with salt and pepper and gently reheat.
- Garnish with salmon bits. lemon pieces and dill sprigs.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 290.9, Fat 18.3, SaturatedFat 10.5, Cholesterol 62.2, Sodium 533.9, Carbohydrate 16.1, Fiber 0.5, Sugar 1.3, Protein 16.3
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