Best Smoked Salmon And Dill Soup Recipes

Chilled Cucumber Soup with Smoked Salmon and Dill image

Yield Makes 6 servings

Number Of Ingredients 9

1 1/2 tablespoons butter
1 cup chopped onions
4 cucumbers, peeled, halved, seeded, cut crosswise into 1/2-inch-thick slices (about 5 cups)
1 8-ounce russet potato, peeled, cut into 1/2-inch dice
3 1/2 cups low-salt chicken broth
3 large fresh dill sprigs plus 6 tablespoons minced fresh dill
1 teaspoon (or more) salt
1 cup crème fraîche or sour cream
3 ounces smoked salmon, cut into 1/2-inch pieces

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.

Smoked Salmon and Dill Soup image

Provided by Oolala

Categories Kosher

Time 20m

Yield 4 serving(s)

Number Of Ingredients 13

2 tablespoons butter
2 shallots, finely chopped
2 tablespoons all-purpose flour
2 1/2 cups milk
1/2 cup fish stock
1 cucumber, peeled, chopped
6 ounces smoked salmon, bits
1 tablespoon fresh dill, chopped
2/3 cup half-and-half
salt, to taste
pepper, to taste
lemon, to garnish
fresh dill, to garnish

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.