cold cucumber and spinach soup
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| 2 Tbsp | butter |
| 1 | onion, coarsely chopped |
| 1 large | potato, peeled and coarsely chopped |
| 1 | leek (with 2 inches of green) split, washed thoroughly, |
| | and coarsely chopped |
| 3 cup | chicken stock |
| 3 sprig | fresh parsley |
| | salt and freshly ground pepper |
| 2 | cucumbers, peeled, seeded, coarsely chopped |
| 1/2 bunch | (5 ounces) spinach, blanched and chopped |
| 1/2 cup | sour cream |
| 1 Tbsp | mayonnaise |
| 1 tsp | horseradish |
| | juice of 2 lemons |
| dash | of tabasco |
| 1 | avocado (garnish) |
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| melt butter in large saucepan over medium heat. add onion, potato and |
| leek. reduce heat, cover and cook about 5 minutes. add chicken stock, |
| parsley, salt and pepper and bring to boil. reduce heat and simmer 20 |
| minutes. let cool, then puree in bender until smooth. chill |
| thoroughly. add remaining ingredients except avocado and puree until |
| smooth. chill. taste and adjust seasoning. just before serving, peel |
| seed and dice avocado and stir into soup. serves 4. |
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| bon appetit archives |
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| source: |
| http://labellecuisine.com/archives/soup/cold_cucumber_and_spinach_soup.htm |
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| (ID: 77106) Mirror: rec.food.recipes: Tue, Apr 20, 2004 |