Food thread! Now that it is really heating up -- what are your favorite cold soups?

[Tuesday Afternoon]

Traditional Gazpacho:
This basic version of gazpacho is the one travelers would be most likely to encounter when touring through Spain. The fact that this soup is commonly found, however, in no way renders it "ordinary".
One taste of this chilled gazpacho and you will be instantly transported to a land of whitewashed walls, red-tiled roofs, and a golden sun...

•Diners: 4
•Preparation time: 30 min.
•Difficulty: easy

Ingredients
•10 oz of bread
•21 oz. of tomato
•2 cloves of garlic
•2 onions
•2 red and green peppers
•1 cucumber (optional)
•7 tablespoons of oil
•2 tablespoons of vinegar
•1 1/2 tablespoon of water
•Cumin (optional)

Preparation
In a big mortar mash the cumin, the garlic and the soaked bread, in a plastic bowl mix the chopped onion, the chopped tomato, the oil, the vinegar, the salt and the contents of the mortar, mash it with the mixer and add very cold water to mix everything. Add salt and strain it. Keep it in the fridge until served.
Serve with the tomato, the cucumber, the pepper and the toasted bread cut to dices.



:hi:

[HopeHoops]

1. Ones that I heat up.

[Tuesday Afternoon]

4. cool.

:eyes:

[HopeHoops]

7. Open a can, dump it in, add water or milk if needed, stir, and heat. I hate cold soups.

[Tuesday Afternoon]

8. whatever

:eyes:

[ceile]

2. Cucumber

Kind of a pain to make, but very worth it!

[Tuesday Afternoon]

5. thanks for the suggestion.

no recipe?

[geardaddy]

3. Vichyssoise.

[Tuesday Afternoon]

6. yes, sounds nice

no recipe?

[geardaddy]

18. Here you go:

http://www.epicurious.com/recipes/food/views/Vichyssoise-102030
2 cups finely diced raw potatoes
4 tablespoons butter
6 leeks, cleaned and cut into 1 inch pieces
3 cups chicken bouillon
1 teaspoon salt
1/2 teaspoon freshy ground black pepper
a dash of nutmeg
11/2 to 2 cups sour cream or heavy cream
Chopped chives

[Tuesday Afternoon]

22. yes, I thought I knew that one from memory ... it is easy and delicious.

thanks for posting it.

:hi:

[HopeHoops]

9. That reminds me of the 2nd Batman movie (90's) Penguin/Catwoman.

Bruce: Ptttthhhh "It's COLD!"

Alfred: "It's supposed to be cold. It's vichyssoise."

Bruce: shrug

[applegrove]

10. By far my favourite cold soup. When you follow the recipe don't forget to only

use the white part of the leeks in the recipe. Yummy.

[geardaddy]

27. I like the green parts, too, but...

that's in regular leek and potato soup. You're probably right not to put the green parts in cold one.

[Kat45]

11. Iced cherry soup.

I used to get it at a French restaurant in the area. Unfortunately, the restaurant closed a number of years ago. That soup was good.

[geardaddy]

19. Our friend makes that...

and uses cherries from the tree in their front yartd. It's delicious.

[Tuesday Afternoon]

23. sounds yummy. got a recipe?

[Kat45]

32. I wish.

The only time I've ever seen it was in that restaurant.

[Chellee]

12. Melon.

1 cantaloupe, cubed
2 cups orange juice
squeeze of lime
dash of salt
pinch of cinnamon

Puree. Eat.

:9

[Courtesy Flush]

17. There's a fine line between cold soups and smoothies. :)

[Tuesday Afternoon]

24. sounds interesting. I will have to try it. Welcome to DU

:hi:

[struggle4progress]

13. I'm gonna try that!

[struggle4progress]

14. Just made a batch. It's chillin in the fridge now for breakfast

[Tuesday Afternoon]

25. let us know what you thinkg --

although I usually serve it for lunch or supper . . .

[struggle4progress]

28. It's good. I might substitute lemon juice for vinegar next time. And I think some mint

would complement the green pepper well

[Tuesday Afternoon]

30. you could be onto something ...

:think:

[Flaxbee]

15. hey Tuesday - thanks for the 'sister' thread - this recipe sounds great and easy...

:hi:

[Tuesday Afternoon]

16. thanks for the idea, Flaxbee . . .

:hi:

now we have some great ideas and recipes to get us through the hot summer season :D

Enjoy :hug:

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

20. Heating up? I wish. It's 51 F.

I want summer to come. My tomato plants are sulking.

[Tuesday Afternoon]

21. Dear Velveteen Ocelot,

please don't take this the wrong way but, I would sulk too if I lived in Minneapolis.

signed,

The Cucumbers.

PS. it has been 90 all week where I live :woohoo:

[surrealAmerican]

26. That's about what it is here too ...

... but, not to worry, it may well be 90 degrees by Monday.

[IcyPeas]

29. V-8 - pour it in a bowl and voi la - cold tomato soup

[Moondog]

31. V8 is seriously underrated. Makes a good starting point for a Bloody Mary too. n/t

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[SOteric]

34. White Gazpacho

Tomatoes are a new-world vegetable (fruit, actually). Before they came to be cultivated this was the 'go to' version of an Andalusian cold soup. It's heavenly as is, but try it with some chilled shrimp as a garnish.

http://simplyrecipes.com/recipes/white_gazpacho/

[Moondog]

36. I've not heard of White Gazpacho before, but that looks really interesting. n/t

[Petrushka]

35. Cold Borscht . . . made the easy way! ("What would Nana say?")

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/07/29/dining/291frex.html

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[Kali]

38. huh?

:wtf: got deleted from a cold soup thread? :wow: :crazy:

[Swede]

40. Just because some people prefer their soup hot,it's not an excuse for prejudging them.

:toast:

[ChoralScholar]

39. I'm not sure I've ever had a cold soup.

I do enjoy pork-n-beans cold out of the can.