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Guacamole Soup

A cold, refreshing avocado-based soup similar to gazpacho with cucumber, peppers, and garden herbs — topped with garlic croutons.

MexicanVegetarianIntermediate20 minBy Northstar

Ingredients

Servings
4
  • 1 medium green cucumber, peeled and seeded
  • 2 cloves garlic, chopped
  • 3 spring onions, including half the green tops
  • 0.5 each red and green capsicum (sweet pepper), roughly chopped
  • 1 tbsp chopped dill, parsley, and chives
  • 1 tbsp cider vinegar
  • 2 tsp sugar
  • 1 cup vegetable stock
  • 1 ripe avocado, peeled and halved
  • 2 tbsp white wine
  • 1 tsp salt
  • 0.3 tsp white pepper
  • 2 tsp olive oil
  • 1 firm red tomato, diced
  • 2 tbsp lemon juice
  • 1 garlic croutons, to serve

Instructions

  1. 1

    Put cucumber, garlic, spring onions, capsicums, herbs, vinegar, sugar, stock, and half the peeled and chopped avocado into a food processor. Blend well.

  2. 2

    Pour into a large serving bowl and add white wine, salt, pepper, olive oil, and diced tomato.

  3. 3

    Just before serving, stir in the remaining avocado (diced and tossed in lemon juice). Sprinkle with remaining chives.

  4. 4

    Serve with garlic croutons.

Tags

soupvegetarianavocadocold souprefreshing