If you love warm and comforting warm soups in winter, then you will love this cool and light version for summer. Stoves off, you only need to operate a blender! We want to introduce you to this creamy avocado and cucumber soup, the green and creamy version of gazpacho.
How to make avocado and cucumber cold soup
To prepare this cold soup you must first peel an avocado and two small cucumbers, or a large one. Remove the inside of the cucumbers and cut everything into pieces. You can leave the peel if it’s organic. Blend the flesh of the avocado and the crunchy part of the cucumbers with a little olive oil and add a little onion if you like. To avoid the avocado blackening, we also suggest adding a little lime or lemon juice. This is the basic soup and the simplest version of the recipe. Now it's up to you to adapt it with other ingredients.
Aromatic herbs
To make avocado and cucumber cold soup more fragrant, why not play with some aromatic herbs. Fresh basil and mint are perfect, either alone or together, but you can also add parsley or even better chives, maybe not blended but chopped with a knife and used as decoration for the dish.
A little crunchiness
Soups should always be accompanied with something a little crunchy and in this case we recommend classic toasted bread croutons with oil and herbs or taralli or coarsely crushed friselle. If you don’t want to add too many carbohydrates to the soup, enrich it with cubes of cucumber and pepper, yellow, green or red, or with some chopped spring onion.
Feta brings added flavor
If you want to make this cold soup a complete meal as well as boosting the flavor, why not serve it with some crumbled feta on top. The savory taste of this Greek cheese goes perfectly with the sweetness of cucumbers and the surrounding softness of avocado. If you like you can also opt for goat's cheese, the important thing is that it’s a creamy, fresh and delicious cheese with a strong taste.
Wild card ingredient: vinegar
Some like to season their cold avocado and cucumber soup with a drop of white wine vinegar. You can do it too, but in that case be sure to avoid previously adding lemon or lime juice. The vinegar adds that slightly acidic aftertaste which is great in cold soups.
From savory cream to smoothie
Do you fancy trying the sweet version of avocado and cucumber soup? Blend everything with lemon juice, brown sugar and ice and if you like add a drop of coconut milk and some mint leaves. This smoothie is super nutritious, fresh, and creamy.