Free Recipe Cucumber Soup with Pistou
Recipe Type: Free Vegetable Recipes
Recipe Preparation: boil
Cooking Temperature:
Recipe Serves: 6
Ingredients for Cucumber Soup with Pistou Recipe
1 tb Olive oil
1 Leek (white part plus 1 inch
-of green) chopped
1 Stalk celery with leaves,
-chopped
1 lb Cucumbers, peeled, halved,
-seeded, and chopped
2 ts Lemon juice
4 c Chicken stock
Pistou:
2 Cloves garlic, finely minced
1/4 c Minced fresh basil
4 ts Finely chopped walnuts
2 ts Parmesan cheese
4 ts Olive oil
1/2 md Sized tomato, peeled,
-seeded, and chopped
Cucumber Soup with Pistou Preparation
To prepare the soup: In a medium-size saucepan, heat oil over low heat. Add leeks and celery and cook until vegetables are soft, about 10 minutes, stirring occasionally. Add cucumbers, lemon juice and stock. Bring to a boil over medium heat. Reduce heat to low and simmer for 20 minutes, or until cucumbers are tender. Cool slightly. To prepare Pistou: With a mortar and pestle, mash together garlic, basil and walnuts to a paste. (you can also use a bowl with a wooden spoon). Work in a little cheese and oil and one-third of the tomato. Keep adding cheese, oil and tomato. The mixture will not be a true emulsion but a barely fluid paste. Transfer cucumber mixture to a food processor or blender and puree, in batches, until smooth. Ladle soup into serving bowl. Pass the pistou. Allow 1 tablespoon of pistou per serving to be placed in the center of the bowl, then swirl into soup. Enjoy David…. **>>April<<** From Gemini’s MASSIVE MealMaster collection at www.synapse.com/~gemini
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