Avocado Soup With Salsa Recipes

AVOCADO SOUP

Steps:

• In a large saucepan, saute onion in butter until tender. Add the broth, potatoes, salt and pepper; bring to a boil. Reduce heat; cover and simmer for 15-25 minutes or until potatoes are tender. Remove from the heat; cool slightly., Place avocados in a blender; add potato mixture. Cover and puree. Return to the pan; heat through. Garnish with sour cream and bacon.

AVOCADO SOUP WITH SALSA

Steps:

• Peel and pit avocados; cut chunks into a food processor. Add lemon juice and yogurt, and process. Add 1 cup stock; then, gradually add more until soup is thinned to desired consistency. Add salt and Tabasco to taste. Transfer to a bowl, cover and chill 2 hours or overnight.
• To serve, stir well, ladle into bowls and garnish with a spoonful of salsa or watercress and tomatoes.

AVOCADO SOUP WITH SALSA FRESCA

Steps:

• Push the avocados through a fine sieve. Place the avocado puree in a mixing bowl. Add the lime juice. Gradually add the chicken stock, stirring constantly.
• When the avocado has been thoroughly blended with the broth, slowly add the crema. The mixture should be smooth and creamy. Season with salt and pepper.
• Chill the soup until cold and serve in chilled bowls. Pass the Salsa Fresca to use as garnish.
• Whisk the cream and the buttermilk together in a bowl. Cover and set in a warm place (a gas oven with just the heat from the pilot light is fine) for 8 hours. Crema may be kept in the refrigerator for as long as a week.
• Combine all of the ingredients in a mixing bowl. Stir and toss well. Store in a covered container in the refrigerator no more than 1 day.

PRESSURE COOKER BLACK BEAN SOUP

Steps:

• In a 6-quart or larger stovetop pressure cooker or an electric pressure cooker, heat the oil over medium-high heat or using the sauté function. Stir in the onions, chile powder, cumin and oregano and cook, stirring frequently, until the onions begin to soften, about 1 minute.
• Add the water, beans, chorizo, garlic and bay leaves.
• Lock the lid in place. Over high heat, bring to high pressure. Reduce the heat just enough to maintain high pressure and cook for 30 minutes. If using an electric pressure cooker, cook on high pressure for 30 minutes.
• Turn off the heat if using a stovetop cooker, and allow the pressure to come down naturally, about 15 minutes. Remove the lid, tilting it away from you to allow the steam to escape.
• Stir well. Discard the bay leaves and add salt to taste. The soup will thicken on standing.
• Just before serving, prepare the avocado salsa by tossing the ingredients together in a bowl. Ladle the soup into bowls and top each portion with a large dollop of salsa.

BLACK BEAN SOUP WITH AVOCADO SALSA

Steps:

• In 2-quart saucepan, mash beans slightly with potato masher. Stir in water, tomatoes, chipotle salsa and cumin. Heat to boiling over high heat; reduce heat. Cover; simmer 8 minutes, stirring occasionally. Uncover; simmer 2 minutes longer or until soup is slightly thickened.
• Meanwhile, in small bowl, gently toss avocado, lime peel, lime juice, cilantro and salt.
• Ladle 1 cup soup into each of 4 bowls. Top each serving with 1/4 cup avocado salsa. Garnish with sour cream.

CHILLED AVOCADO AND YOGURT SOUP WITH TOMATO SALSA

Steps:

• Halve and pit the avocados. Set aside half an avocado for the salsa. Put the remaining avocado flesh in a blender with the buttermilk, yogurt, cilantro, garlic, chile, and cumin. Blend until smooth. Taste and add more chile if desired, and then blend again. Transfer to a bowl and stir in enough cold water to thin the soup to a pleasing consistency, about 1/2 cup. Stir in the lime juice, or more to taste, and season with salt. Chill thoroughly.
• Just before serving, prepare the salsa: In a bowl, stir together the tomato, onion, cilantro, chile, and garlic. Cut the reserved avocado half into 1/4-inch dice and fold it in gently, and then season to taste with salt and lime juice and stir again gently to avoid mashing the avocado.
• If the soup has thickened in the refrigerator, whisk in ice water to thin it to the desired consistency. Taste for seasoning. Divide among 6 bowls. Top each serving with a spoonful of salsa and serve.