Chilled Cucumber, Green Chilli & Water Mint Soup

Summer brings with it a dearth of cool breeze. Sometimes the heady heat leaves us exhausted and lacklustre. What better way to refresh than a chilled soup, spiked with cooling cucumber and mint with the zing of lime and chilli. One to batch make and keep in the fridge for those SOS moments (Soaked on Sunshine….)

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Author: Suze Morrison

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Chilled Cucumber, Green Chilli & Water Mint Soup

Prep time: 20 MinTotal time: 20 Min

What better way to refresh than a chilled soup, spiked with cooling cucumber and mint with the zing of lime and chilli. One to batch make and keep in the fridge for those SOS moments (Soaked on Sunshine….)

Ingredients

• 250g Cucumber, plus extra to garnish
• 50g Frozen Peas, defrosted.
• 1 clove Garlic, crushed.
• 1 Green Chilli deseeded & chopped.
• 50ml Olive Oil, plus extra to drizzle
• 1 Lime, juiced.
• 20g Water Mint, torn, plus extra to garnish.
• 1tsp Agave Syrup
• Salt & Cracked Black Pepper to season.
• Ice cubes to serve, if liked

Instructions

1. Add the cucumber, peas, 50ml Olive oil, garlic, chilli, agave and mint in a blender and blend until smooth. Try to refrain from over blending as this will heat the liquid and denature the enzymes in the vegetables.
2. Taste the soup and season with the lime, salt, and pepper to your liking. Transfer to a jug and chill thoroughly in the fridge.
3. Once cold, taste the mixture again and adjust the seasoning, cold food dulls the flavours so you may need to pep it up with some more lime and salt.
4. Ladle into two bowls, drizzle with olive oil and pop in 1-2 ice cubes. Garnish with cucumber and fresh mint and serve

https://gourmetglow.co.uk/recipes/chiiled-cucumber-mint-chilli-soup