Warm Cucumber Soup (Sopa De Pepinos)
So this is quite an exotic soup. I had purchased some cookbooks in Colombia and in one of them with no pictures called La Buena:Mesa by Sofia Ospina De Navarro is an interesting practical cookbook from a Colombian’s home kitchen. It’s a vintage cookbook with old recipes and the Cucumber Soup really caught my attention, I’ve never heard of it and I had to try it. End result: delicious, healthy, and easy! A silky smooth soup that you can slurp down, cucumber is super good for you it contains high levels of vitamin A and C, alkaline-forming minerals, potassium, and oh the list goes on. A soup that everyone even the kids will love.
Total Steps
4
Ingredients
18
Tools Needed
10
Ingredients
- 2 cup (1 long) English Seedless <a href="/RG742RWG">Cucumber,</a> rough chop
- 0.5 cup <a href="/YCPMHNRB">Onion,</a> chopped
- 1 cup <a href="/PXTR53Z5">Water</a>
- 1 tablespoon ,<a href="/WDBZPYYF"> Unsalted Butter</a>
- 1 tablespoon <a href="/R6ZFKZ7C">Kosher Salt</a>
- 1.5 cup <a href="/PTFBK284">White Sauce </a>(recipe below)
- 3 cup <a href="/ZF28FDRY">Beef </a>Stock/Broth (or any stock/broth you would like to use)
- 0.5 cup <a href="/VRXBGFZ7">Heavy Cream</a>
- 4 tablespoon <a href="/Q67GD8BS">White Wine</a>
- 2 <a href="/RLJKG6JT">Eggs Yolk,</a> beaten
- 0.25 teaspoon <a href="/JWY2TSTS">Nutmeg</a>
- 0 For Garnish: <a href="/835SF6DX">Cilantro </a>or <a href="/GKXHVZLV">Parsley,</a> minced
- 0 For the <a href="/PTFBK284">White Sauce:</a>
- 1 tablespoon Cornstarch
- 1 cup <a href="/K7473XN2">Milk</a>
- 0.5 cup Stock/Broth of any kind you’d like to use
- 1 tablespoon <a href="/WDBZPYYF">Unsalted Butter</a>
- 0 <a href="/XBPNFKYS">Salt&</a> <a href="/BLWZ5ZPF">Pepper,</a> to taste
Instructions
Step 1
White Sauce:
Step 2
So first things first we need to get this white sauce done before the actual <a href="/7NRWTTFN">soup.</a> <a href="/GV3SK283">Whisk </a>the cornstarch and milk in a small sauce pot before <a href="/XZFHRHHF">heating </a>it up. Then add in the rest of ingredients the stock, butter, and seasonings. Bring to a boil, <a href="/DRM2WPZ4">stir,</a> and let it <a href="/LXP6HLBF">thicken </a>up. <a href="/B52FHCF2">Turn </a><a href="/XZFHRHHF">heat </a>off and set aside.
Step 3
<a href="/7NRWTTFN">Soup:</a>
Step 4
In a pot start cooking the cucumbers with the water, butter, and<a href="/DPSVTKVY"> salt</a> until fork<a href="/3L3754DG"> tender</a>. With a hand<a href="/S6W4FR7F"> blender</a> or<a href="/S6W4FR7F"> blender</a> pulse till smooth the cooked cucumber with the water it was cooking in, white sauce,<a href="/6L7QNTJV"> chopped</a> onions, and beef stock. Then transfer back into the same pot and bring to a boil. A minute before<a href="/Y6MVNCHX"> serving</a> add into the<a href="/7NRWTTFN"> soup</a> the heavy<a href="/R3P5MM3Z"> cream</a>, white wine, the 2 egg yolks, and nutmeg,<a href="/DRM2WPZ4"> stir</a> to combine.<a href="/WDCS6JL5"> Taste</a> for seasonings then<a href="/Y6MVNCHX"> serve</a> and<a href="/HZXPVMNR"> garnish</a> with cilantro or parsley.