Saturday, June 2, 2012

{soups-salads-and-salad-dressings} chilled spiked watermelon and cucumber soup

 

I'm going to try this today.
We love chilled soups in the summer. My favorite is Rosy Cucumber Soup.
terry

Chilled Spiked Watermelon And Cucumber Soup
Recipe By: Giada De Laurentiis

Ingredients
5 cup watermelon cut into 3/4-to-1-inch pieces (Reserve a few pieces for garnish)
2 English cucumbers -- peeled, seeded and cut into 1/2-inch pieces
1 teaspoon salt
1/4 teaspoon pepper
1/2 cup basil -- roughly chopped
1/4 cup chilled vodka
6 feta cheese -- in six 3/4-to-1-inch pieces
Special equipment : 6 small skewers

Instructions
Place the watermelon chunks into a blender and blend. Add the cucumber, salt, pepper, basil and vodka and blend. Chill the soup for at least 3 hours until ready to serve.
Before serving, take a skewer and place one piece of leftover watermelon, one piece of feta and the another piece of watermelon.
Pour the soup into chilled bowls or martini glasses and serve with one skewer.

Exported from A Cook's Books -- Recipe management for Macintosh

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