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Apricot and Cucumber Soup recipe
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To make Apricot and Cucumber Soup you will need
Ingredients
| 6 | ounces | Dried apricots | | 1 1/2 | pints | Vegetable stock | | 1 | | Orange, juiced & rind grated | | 1 | medium | Cucumber | | 1 | medium | Onion, finely chopped | | 1 | tablespoon | Vegetable oil | | 2 | teaspoons | Curry powder | | | Salt & pepper | | 2 | tablespoons | Pumpkin seeds, to garnish |
Instructions
Soak the apricots in the stock with the grated orange rind for 2 to 3
hours. Add the orange juice & simemr for 45 minutes.
Cut 8 thin slices from the cucumber & reserve for garnish. Peel &
roughly chop the remainder.
Fry the onion in the oil over medium heat for 3 to 4 minutes, stirring
once or twice. Stir in the curry powder & chopped cucumber & cook
for 2 minutes.
Puree the apricots with the stock & the cucumber mixture. Return to
the pan & heat gently. Season with salt & pepper.
Serve the soup garnished with floating slices of cucumber topped with
the pumpkin seeds. Black rye bread makes a good accompaniment.
Enjoy your Apricot and Cucumber Soup
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Mon 4 Aug 2008
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