Cool Cucumber Soup With A Cucumber Herb Relish Recipes

COOL CUCUMBER SOUP

Steps:

• In a blender, combine the yogurt, cucumber, scallion and dill. Pulse until pureed. Season, to taste, with salt and pepper. Ladle into individual bowls. Top each serving with 2 tablespoons of diced tomato, drizzle with 1/2 teaspoon of olive oil and garnish with a dill sprig.
• Excellent source of: Protein, Vitamin A, Vitamin C, Calcium
• Good source of: Vitamin K.

EASY COLD CUCUMBER SOUP

Steps:

• Combine cucumber, sour cream, yogurt, vegetable broth, and garlic in a large bowl; blend together using an immersion blender until smooth. Blend in mint and dill. Refrigerate until chilled, about 1 hour.

COOL AS A CUCUMBER SOUP

Steps:

• In a colander set over a bowl, toss cucumbers with salt. Let stand for 30 minutes. Squeeze and pat dry., Place the cucumbers, yogurt, onion and garlic in a food processor; cover and process until smooth. Stir in dill. Serve immediately in chilled bowls. Garnish with additional onion and dill.

CHILLED CUCUMBER SOUP

Steps:

• Cut 4 thin slices of cucumber; set aside for garnish. Peel and finely chop remaining cucumbers. In a large bowl, combine the buttermilk, sour cream, sugar, dill, salt, pepper, green onions and chopped cucumbers. , Refrigerate for 4 hours or overnight. Garnish with cucumber slices and, if desired, fresh dill.

COOL CUCUMBER AND DILL SOUP

Steps:

• Process the cucumbers in a food processor until smooth. Add the remaining ingredients and pulse to combine.
• Chill the soup in the refrigerator until cold, about 1 hour.
• Divide among 4 chilled soup bowls and garnish with the chopped cucumber.

SIMPLE CUCUMBER SOUP

Steps:

• Melt butter with the oil in a large saucepan over medium-high heat. Cook and stir onion and garlic in the butter mixture until tender, 3 to 5 minutes. Add cucumber and zucchini slices; cook and stir until softened, 2 to 3 minutes. Pour vegetable broth over the mixture; bring to a boil, reduce heat to medium-low, and let simmer until the vegetables are cooked through, 20 to 25 minutes. Remove from heat and cool a few minutes.
• Pour soup into a blender no more than half full. Cover and hold lid in place with a towel; pulse a few times before leaving on to blend. Puree in batches until smooth.

COOL CUCUMBER SOUP

Steps:

• Peel the cucumbers, trim the ends, cut in half lengthwise and scrape out the watery area where seeds would be. Coarsely chop. Crush the garlic and 1/4 teaspoon of the salt to a paste with the side of a chef's knife. Combine the cucumber, garlic, remaining salt, and the buttermilk in a blender and process until completely smooth. Add half of each of the herbs and the cayenne and pulse several times to combine. Transfer soup to a bowl, cover, and refrigerate for 1 hour or until thoroughly chilled. Before serving, season with salt, pepper, and lemon if desired. Divide among 4 soup bowls and sprinkle with the remaining herbs. Serve.

COOL CUCUMBER SOUP WITH A CUCUMBER-HERB RELISH

Steps:

• 1. Peel and seed the cucumber. Use one to make a cup of small dice and set it aside, then coarsely chop the rest. Puree in a blender or food processor with the buttermilk, chopped herbs, 1/2 teaspoon salt, and the zest and juice from 1 lemon. Chill. 2. Just before serving, toss the reserved diced cucumber with the herbs, a few pinches of salt, the olive oil, and the remaining lemon juice and zest. 3. Taste the soup for salt, pepper, and acidity, adding more lemon juice if needed, then serve in chilled bowls with the cucumber-herb relish.

COOL CUCUMBER SOUP

Steps:

• Peel the cucumbers, trim the ends, cut in half lengthwise and scrape out the watery area where seeds would be. Coarsely chop. Crush the garlic and 1/4 teaspoon of the salt into a paste with the flat side of a chef's knife. Combine the cucumber, garlic, remaining salt, and the buttermilk in a blender and process until completely smooth. Add half of each of the herbs and the cayenne and pulse several times to combine. Transfer soup to a bowl, cover, and refrigerate for 1 hour or until thoroughly chilled. Before serving, season with salt, pepper, and lemon if desired. Divide among 4 soup bowls and sprinkle with the remaining herbs. Serve.
• Copyright 2001 Television Food Network, G.P. All rights reserved.

COOL CUCUMBER SOUP

Steps:

• 1. Peel cucumbers, trim ends, and cut in half lengthwise. Scrape out centers and coarsely chop. Crush garlic and 1/4 teaspoon salt into a paste with flat side of a chef's knife. Combine cucumber, scallion, garlic, 1 1/4 teaspoons salt, buttermilk, and creme fraiche in a blender and process until completely smooth. Add half of each herb and all of cayenne. Pulse to combine.
• 2. Transfer soup to a bowl, cover, and refrigerate until thoroughly chilled, about 1 hour. Season with salt and pepper, to taste, and lemon, if desired. Divide among 4 soup bowls; garnish with sliced cucumber, scallion and the remaining herbs.

COOL AS A CUCUMBER SOUP SHOOTERS

Steps:

• Roughly chop the cucumbers and add them to a food processor or blender. Add the yogurt, sour cream, parsley, mint, salt, cayenne, garlic and lemon juice and blend until smooth. Serve immediately, or keep chilled in the refrigerator until ready to serve.
• To serve, pour into small glasses or shot glasses.

COOL AND CREAMY CUCUMBER SOUP

Steps:

• Cook zucchini in boiling water in large saucepan 5 min. or until tender, adding onions to the boiling water for the last minute; drain.
• Blend zucchini mixture and remaining ingredients in blender until smooth. Transfer to bowl.
• Refrigerate several hours or until chilled.

CUCUMBER SOUP II

Steps:

• Grate cucumber and onion, and strain out liquid.
• In a blender, mix cream of celery soup, buttermilk, cucumber and onion mixture. Blend, add one cup of cottage cheese and blend again.
• Since the blender may not hold all of the ingredients, pour half of blended mixture into a bowl. Add remaining cottage cheese and blend. Combine all soup into one bowl and stir in seasoning salt. Refrigerate until ready to serve.

COOL-AS-A-CUCUMBER SOUP

Steps:

• Process first 6 ingredients in blender or processor until smooth. Transfer mixture to bowl. Refrigerate. (Can be prepared up to 4 hours ahead.)
• Ladle soup into bowls. Garnish soup with yellow bell pepper, tomato and cilantro sprigs and serve.

COOL CUCUMBER RELISH

Steps:

• Combine cucumber, red onion, dressing and mustard.
• Enjoy on hot dogs!

DELIGHTFUL CUCUMBER SOUP

Steps:

• Stir buttermilk powder and water together in a bowl until smooth; pour into the work bowl of a food processor. Add standard cucumbers, English cucumber, vanilla yogurt, shallot, lemon, mint, garlic, dill, cumin, and nutmeg to the bowl.
• Pulse the food processor to begin chopping ingredients before leaving on to blend soup to your desired consistency.

COLD CUCUMBER SOUP

Steps:

• Line a fine sieve with a coffee filter or a piece of cheesecloth. Add yogurt and strain for 30 minutes. Pour away the whey that collects.
• Peel cucumbers; scrape out and discard the seeds. Roughly chop cucumber and place in a blender. Add 1/2 of the yogurt, 1/2 of the buttermilk, and 1 clove garlic; puree. Add remaining yogurt, buttermilk, garlic, mint, and parsley; process everything until finely pureed. You might have to work in batches depending on the size of your blender. Add olive oil and season with salt and pepper.
• Refrigerate for at least 1 hour. Serve chilled.

CUCUMBER SOUP

Steps:

• Finely chop a third of one of the cucumbers and set aside for when you're ready to serve later. Roughly chop the remaining cucumbers and tip into a blender or food processor along with the yogurt and lime juice. Add the tarragon, most of the mint leaves and most of the chives. Blitz until the mixture is smooth.
• Pour the soup into bowls or small cups, scatter over the finely chopped cucumber, remaining mint leaves and the rest of the chives. Drizzle with a little rapeseed oil just before serving.

HOT CUCUMBER SOUP

Steps:

• As per the recipe: Peel and slice the cucumbers.
• Melt the butter/marg in large saucepan and saute the onion until transparent.
• Stir in the flour.
• Add the stock and bring to a boil.
• Add the sliced cucumber and cook until tender.
• Puree in electric blender.
• Season to taste with salt and pepper and stir in lemon juice.
• Just before serving, mix in the cream.
• What Liza does: I use alot more cucumbers, maybe+- 800/900g and add a touch more water to the stock amount.
• I use more onions, approx.
• 2 med-large.
• Don't use more lemon juice as it changes the taste of the soup.
• Once the soup is cooked (ie. the cucumbers are tender), puree the soup: and options: can either leave the soup as it is; or put in one tub of sour cream; or don't put sour cream in the pot and only serve with sour cream as garnish.
• It's yummy.