Best Strawberry Cream Soup Recipes

COLD STRAWBERRY SOUP WITH STRAWBERRY CREAM QUENELLES

Steps:

• The Quenelles
• Place 1/4 cup of the heavy cream in the top of a double boiler. Sprinkle with the gelatin and let sit for 5 minutes.
• Meanwhile, puree the strawberries in a food processor with the sugar.
• Whip the remaining 3/4 cup of cream.
• Place the gelatin mixture over boiling water and stir until the gelatin melts (about 3 minutes).
• Place a mixing bowl over ice and combine the gelatin mixture in it with the strawberry puree. Fold in the whipped cream. Refrigerate for about 1-2 hours.
• Sliced Strawberries
• Combine the ingredients in a mixing bowl and marinate for at least 1 hour.
• The Strawberry Soup
• Puree the strawberries with the sugar and the lemon juice in a food processor. Chill.
• Assembly
• When ready to serve, divide the strawberry soup among 6 wide, shallow soup bowls.
• Working with 2 teaspoons, form ovals from the strawberry quenelle mixture. You should have about 18 quenelles. Place 3 quenelles in each bowl of strawberry soup, at 12 o'clock, 4 o'clock, and 8 o'clock. Garnish the bowls with the marinated strawberry slices and with fresh mint leaves.
• Wine Selection: Serve with young Asti Spumante or Moscato d'Asti.

STRAWBERRY CREAM SOUP

Steps:

• 1. Slice strawberries and mix with sour cream.
• 2. Process briefly with food processor or blender.
• 3. Add vanilla & almond extracts, and confectioners' sugar; process until smooth.
• 4. Pour into bowl and add half and half, stirring until well blended. Chill thoroughly.
• 5. To make croutons while soup is chilling: Cut pound cake into small, thin cubes. Toast in the oven under the broiler until lightly brown. Watch them closely, so they don't burn! Cool completely.
• 6. Also while soup is chilling, dip milk wafers into melted semi-sweet chocolate, covering only 1/2 the wafer. You will have to use a spoon or a spreader to get the chocolate half-way up the wafer, since you are only melting a half-cup, and it won't be very deep in your double boiler. After applying, let them 'set' on waxed paper.
• 7. Using your 6 reserved small strawberries, make a strawberry "fan" for a garnish for each bowl: slice strawberry into several very thin slices, but don't cut all the way thru the leaves (a good egg slicer is great for this, just don't push the strawberry all the way thru the wires). Leave the leaves and the hull of the strawberry intact.
• 8. Distribute soup evenly between six small bowls. Sprinkle croutons on top of soup, and lay a strawberry fan on top of croutons. Serve chocolate-covered milk wafers on the side. This makes a lovely summer "light" dessert soup.