Recipe to make iced cucumber soup

Iced cucumber soup is suitable for a hot summer’s day garnished with sour cream and fresh dill. This quick and easy soup can be a refreshing lunch, light dinner.  It’s also a great way of getting the kids to eat the vegetables. Cucumbers contain a lot of vitamins and minerals including vitamin C, silica, potassium and magnesium to name just a few. So get cooking and keep cool.

Ingredients

•          3 cucumbers
•          1 onion
•         2 slices of butter
•         3 tablespoons plain flour
•         2 ½ cups of chicken stock
•        1 teaspoon dill
•        2 teaspoons lemon juice
•         ½ print cream
•        Salt, pepper
•       Chives or mint

Preparation

Peel cucumbers, cut in half lengthways, remove seeds, then chop finely. peel and chop onion. Sauté cucumbers and onion in butter until soft. Stir in flour, then gradually add stock. Add dill and lemon juice. Bring to boil, stirring. Remove from heat, cool. Push the soup through sieve or blend in electric blender until smooth. Stir in cream. Season with salt and pepper. Sprinkle each serving chopped chives or mint.

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