Cucumber soup is often cooked in summer.It is served cold and filled with any dairy product. In this article we will look at several recipes for this wonderful dish, which is cooked quickly and easily.
Bulgarian soup tarator
That is the name of the dish, about whichlet's talk First heard about the soup of cucumbers in Bulgaria. It tastes very much like okroshka. However, there is no sausage, and the soup is called diet, because it can easily lose weight.
Many housewives experiment and add their ownfavorite ingredients. If you do not want dietary cucumber soup, you can add meat, sausage and other products that are more affordable for you.
Today there are many types of this dish,which is served not only cold but also hot. You can diversify the taste with the help of avocado, prunes, dried apricots, lemon, etc. However, let's get everything in order.
Recipe for the classic cucumber soup
Cooking this dish will not take much time, but you will manage to diversify your menu.
After all, housewives have to think every day than to please the family. To cook cold cucumber soup, you need products:
- Cucumbers - 0.5 kg.
- Kefir - 500 ml.
- Walnuts - 100 gr.
- Dill - a small bunch.
Sometimes cook this dish in the winter. Then add pickles and serve it hot.
Cucumber soup on kefir has a fresh andoriginal taste. First chop the nuts with a blender, and chop the garlic very finely. Combine these two ingredients, mix well and slightly hold down with a rolling pin so that the garlic starts to make juice. It is he who gives an unforgettable flavor to the dish.
Then rinse the cucumbers well and cut them.thin circles, and then cut them into strips. If the skin is hard, cut it off. Put the cucumbers cut into strips in a container and lightly salt them in to let the juice.
Dill dip in cold water - let it lie for a few minutes. Then pour boiling water and chop finely. If you wish, you can add other greens that are loved in your family.
When cucumbers make juice, then you can combineAll of the above ingredients are in the same container. Pour kefir there and refrigerate for 30 minutes to cool completely. Now it is possible to serve at the table in portions.
With the addition of tomatoes
Many housewives love to experiment in the kitchen.Therefore, cooks are advised to add tomatoes to cucumber soup. Prepare the dish as described above, only add the finely chopped tomatoes to the cucumbers.
The soup will turn a delicate pinkish or red hue, and the taste and aroma is unforgettable. It all depends on the number of tomatoes.
There is another way to add tomatoes.Scrub them with a grater so that the skin does not get into the soup, and add tomato juice at the very end. Stir the liquid and refrigerate. Let the soup cool for 30-40 minutes. Then you can serve.
Cream soup
This dish is also served cold.To prepare it, take 0.5 kg of cucumbers and a bunch of dill. You can cut them arbitrarily. That is, the way you like it, because cutting is not important at all for the cream soup.
Combine kefir and sour cream (2 cups each). In the same capacity, add 2 tbsp. l wine vinegar and the same amount of olive oil. Mix everything well. Salt, pepper and add cucumbers with dill.
When all products are connected, interrupt them.blender until smooth consistency. It turns out cucumber puree, which before serving is desirable to place in the refrigerator. Pour it into a la carte plates, decorate with greens or lemon slices. It turns out the dish is not only tasty, but also beautiful.
Cucumber chicken broth soup
As mentioned above, such a dish can be served not only cold, but also hot. It is best to cook it in chicken broth. It turns out the soup is very nutritious, tasty, original and beautiful.
To cook it, you first need to cookchicken broth, about one liter. Then, 0.5 kg of cucumber peeled and cut into small cubes. Put them in boiling broth, boil for two minutes, add finely chopped dill, boil one more minute. Cool and smash the whole mass with a blender.
Огуречный суп-пюре перелейте снова в кастрюлю, bring to a boil, salt and pepper to taste, boil no more than one minute. Turn it off and serve hot. Be sure to add 1 tsp. butter. Decorate the dish can be fresh herbs. For example, dill or cilantro.
Cooking tips
In the article we looked at how cucumber is cooked.soup. The recipe of each dish is simple and available to the hostess. However, taste is not everything. We must not forget about the appearance of the dish. After all, if it is not very beautiful, then you will not want to try it.
Презентация очень важна для кухни.Therefore, cooks are advised to decorate cucumber soup with bright products. This may be radishes, various greens, fresh peas, corn, crab sticks, pineapple. You can also decorate plates with portions, for example, pieces of lemon or orange.
In the recipe are approximate proportions. It all depends on how much liquid or thick soup you need. Therefore, if you need a density, pour less yogurt, and put more cucumbers.
К супу идеально подходят чесночные гренки.Bread or long loaf fry in olive or butter until golden brown. Then rub them with garlic, cool and serve. Croutons will be softer if moistened in milk before frying.
If the soup is made on kefir, then before servingYou can add one tablespoon of sour cream to the plates. The taste will be more delicate and refined. Experiment, cook from the heart, and each of your dishes will not only have a presentable appearance, but also an excellent taste.
