Garlicky Cucumber Soup Recipes

CUCUMBER SOUP

Steps:

• Peel cucumbers; halve lengthwise and remove seeds. Cut into chunks. In a blender, cover and puree cucumbers and broth in small batches. , Transfer to a large bowl; stir in the sour cream, vinegar, salt if desired and garlic until well blended. Cover and refrigerate for at least 4 hours. Stir before serving. Garnish with tomatoes, almonds, onions and parsley.

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.

CHILLED CUCUMBER GARLIC SOUP

Steps:

• Line a sieve with cheesecloth (muslin) and place over a large bowl.
• Spoon the yogurt into the sieve and let drain in the refrigerator for 4 hours.
• Discard the captured liquid and place the yogurt in the bowl.
• Add the grated cucumber, garlic, olive oil, mint, chopped dill and milk.
• Mix well.
• Stir in the vinegar or lemon juice.
• Cover and chill for 1 hour.
• Before serving, season to taste with salt and pepper.
• Ladle the soup into chilled individual bowls and garnish each serving with a cucumber slice and a dill sprig.
• Serve well chilled.
• NOTES: Cucumbers are native to Asia, where they have been eaten for thousands of years.
• They contain a great deal of water, which makes them particularly refreshing in the hot summer months.
• When choosing cucumbers, avoid the waxed variety sold in grocery stores year-round, and instead seek out the long, thin-skinned English or hothouse variety.
• It has a superior flavor, less water and far fewer seeds.
• Three lemon cucumbers can be substituted for the single English (hothouse) cucumber, if you like.

GARLICKY CUCUMBER SOUP

Steps:

• Combine the yogurt, stock, garlic, chives and lemon juice in a large bowl. Add the cucumber, stir well, and season with salt and pepper to taste. Chill for at least 1 hour.

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.

COLD CUCUMBER SOUP

Steps:

• Combine the cucumbers, bell peppers, green onions, jalapenos, cilantro, mint, dill, garlic, Essence, salt, cayenne, yogurt, 2 cups sour cream, olive oil, and white wine vinegar in a large bowl. Working in batches, puree the ingredients in a blender until very smooth. Transfer the soup to the refrigerator until well chilled, at least 2 hours. Taste and adjust the seasoning if necessary. Serve the soup, with each bowl garnished with a dollop of the remaining sour cream and some of the minced chives.
• Combine all ingredients thoroughly.
• Recipe from "New New Orleans Cooking", by Emeril Lagasse and Jessie Tirsch, published by William and Morrow, 1993.

CUCUMBER AND GARLIC SALAD

Steps:

• You can either peel the cucumber or not (I don't) slice them thin and set in a bowl and salt them. Cover with plastic wrap and place in your fridge. This can be done upto 1 hour prior to serving or early in the morning and left until dinner time. The cucumbers will release water due to the salt and make them soft. The amount of cucumbers also depends on the number of people to be served so eyeball it.
• While your cucumbers are in the fridge, peel and mince your garlic and set aside until you are ready to serve your salad.
• Now to put salad together:.
• Squeeze some of the excess water from your cucumber (you don't need to save the water). Place the squeezed cucumber in another bowl along with the minced garlic. To this add some vinegar. Mix and taste, if it is too vinegary add abit water. Serve! Simple but great.
• This recipe is a very rustic salad and great if you're on a budget. Just remember to not salt the cucumber in the beginning too much because it's easier to add salt in the last stage. Keep tasting and adjusting until you feel the taste is perfect for you.

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.

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.