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Thermomix Recipes for TM5 and TM31 => Soups => Topic started by: farfallina on September 09, 2010, 03:34:10 pm

Title: Cold Cucumber Soup (with photo)
Post by: farfallina on September 09, 2010, 03:34:10 pm

Cold Cucumber Soup:

Ingredients:
60g spring onion
20g extra virgin olive oil
500g cucumber (+ some extra slices to decorate)
30g fresh lemon juice
Grated peel of 1 lemon
600g water
25-30g Thermomix vegetable or chicken stock
200g yogurt (+ extra 1 tbsp for each bowl)
Salt if needed (I didn't add)

Preparation:
    * Chop onion for 5 seconds on Speed 6
    * Add oil and cook for 3 minutes at 100ºC on Speed 1
    * Add roughly chopped cucumbers, lemon juice and peel, water and TM stock. Cook for 20 minutes at 90ºC on Speed 1
    * Blend it for 1 minute on Speed 9. Let it cool down at room temperature
    * Add yogurt and blend for 20 seconds on Speed 6. Let it cool in the fridge
    * Serve it into bowls, add 1 tbsp yogurt to each bowl and decorate with cucumber slices


Enjoy!

Photos: http://thermomixtarifdefterim.blogspot.com/2010/08/cold-cucumber-soup.html

Title: Re: Cold Cucumber Soup (with photo)
Post by: cookie1 on September 10, 2010, 07:33:22 am

This sounds like a good one for those 40+ days we get in January and February.

Title: Re: Cold Cucumber Soup (with photo)
Post by: farfallina on September 10, 2010, 10:00:17 am

Soon you will be able to try all the cold recipes I guess cos the summer is leaving us as it is getting colder :'(

Title: Re: Cold Cucumber Soup (with photo)
Post by: Thermomixer on September 16, 2010, 04:11:40 am

This sounds very refreshing farfallina.  Love cucumber soups.  The lemon & yoghurt sound like they will make it even more refreshing.  :-* :-* :-*