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French · Soup
Potage aux Concombres
Cucumber simmered in chicken broth with shallot and dill and thickened with a spoonful of farina, then puréed and finished with sour cream; as good chilled on a hot day as it is served hot.
- Yieldabout 1.3 litres, 4 to 6 servings
- Hands-on25 min
- Total48 min
- Difficulty
Ingredients
Soup
- 450 gcucumbers (two 20 cm)
- 28 gunsalted butter
- 40 gshallots or spring onions, chopped
- 960 mlclear chicken broth
- 1 tspwine vinegar
- ½ tspdried dill or tarragon
- 3 tbspquick-cooking farina (cream of wheat)
- 60 mlmilk or extra chicken broth, to thin if neededoptional
- to tastesalt and white pepper
Finish
- 240 mlsour cream
- 1 tbspfresh dill or flat-leaf parsley, chopped
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