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Cold Cucumber Soup with Yogurt and Dill
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Cold Cucumber Soup with Yogurt and Dill

A cold soup ready in minutes without turning on the heat. In small glasses it also works as a starter on a warm evening.

⏱ 45 min🍽 4 servings 🌍 Mediterranean👩‍🍳 Afoona

👨‍🍳 Method

  1. 1
    Coarsely chop the cucumbers, except for one cucumber kept for garnish.
    KnifeCutting board
  2. 2
    Put the cucumbers and garlic for the blender, add some of the olive oil and the yogurt, dill, lemon juice and salt and the water and blend, until the soup is completely smooth. Transfer to a bowl.
    BowlBlender
  3. 3
    Taste and adjust the seasoning.
  4. 4
    Cover the bowl and keep in the fridge for at least 1 hour, until the soup is very cold.
    Refrigerator
  5. 5
    Thinly slice the reserved cucumber.
    KnifeCutting board
  6. 6
    Pour into glasses, tuck a cucumber slice on the rim of each glass, drizzle the rest of the olive oil on top and serve cold.
    Ladle
134calories
5 gprotein
7 gcarbs
10 gfat
● protein 15%● carbs 20%● fat 65%

Per serving (222 g), of 4 servings

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⚖ About the ingredients

🔧 Tools needed (6)

  • Blender · 💡 Workaround, changes the dish: Stick blender (Less smooth, mainly for liquids) · Food processor (Less smooth with liquids)
  • Refrigerator · Also works: Freezer (Chills faster; don't let it freeze) · Ice bath (Ice bath)
  • Cutting board · Also works: Plate (Large plate, dulls the knife)
  • Knife · Also works: Food processor (Fast, less control over size) · Kitchen shears (For herbs/dough)
  • Bowl · Also works: Pot (None)
  • Ladle · Also works: Measuring cup (Cup) · Spoon / teaspoon (regular) (Slow)

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