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Chilled Cucumber & Crayfish Soup

10th July 2018 By Louise Leave a Comment

Chilled cucumber & crayfish soup

Chilled cucumber & crayfish soup

I am a huge fan of Greek style yogurt, it is so versatile, protein packed, loaded with probiotics and sustaining. This kind of yogurt is high in fat and in stark contrast from the consensus of even just 10 years ago, when we were all told to shun fat and supermarkets responded with shelves upon shelves of fat-free products. But this seems to be behind recent research and current trends – sugar has replaced fat as public enemy number one, and we’ve realised that all the fat-free and low-fat products we’d been consuming were laden with the sweet stuff to make up for the lack of fat.  More and more health experts are advocates of high fat diets.

This summer soup is so easy to make, best made the day before serving as it then has a chance to chill right down.  If you have trouble finding crayfish tails you could substitute with white crab meat or north Atlantic prawns however buy the ones with shells on and peel, you’ll find the flavour is so much better.

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Chilled Cucumber & Crayfish Soup

For a dairy free version substitute the butter with sunflower oil and the yoghurt with coconut milk.
Prep Time24 mins
Cook Time12 mins
Total Time4 hrs 36 mins
Course: Starter/Lunch
Servings: 4 Portions
Author: Louise

Ingredients

  • 25 g unsalted butter
  • 1 Small Fennel Bulb outer layer removed and finely chopped
  • 1 Small Onion finely chopped
  • 1 Garlic clove finely chopped
  • 2 Cucumbers peeled, deseeded and finely diced
  • 550 mls Good quality vegetable stock
  • 1 Tbls finely chopped Dill plus extra sprigs to garnish
  • 1 Tbls finely chopped Lemon balm leaves Mint works if you cant get hold of lemon balm
  • 400 ml Greek Style Bio-Live Yogurt full fat
  • 2 x 120g packs Crayfish Tails
  • Zest of a lemon
  • Chilli Oil optional

Instructions

  • Begin by melting the butter in a large saucepan, add the onion, garlic and fennel. Sauté for 5-8 minutes or until softened but without colour.  Now add the cucumber but reserve approximately 3 tablespoons to garnish with.  Stir and cook gently for another five minutes. Pour in the stock and bring gently to the boil and then reduce to a simmer, cook for a further 5 to 6 minutes.
  • Transfer the contents of the pan to a blender and add the chopped herbs and blend until very smooth.  Set to one side to cool completely. Now add the yoghurt, season to taste and blend again.  Chill for a least 3 to 4 hours or ideally overnight.
  • When you’re ready to serve ladle the chilled soup into bowls, scatter the crayfish tails and the reserved cucumber over the top, drizzle with the chilli oil and the zest of the lemon and finally a few sprigs of dill.
Chilled Cucumber & Crayfish Soup

Chilled Cucumber & Crayfish Soup

Tips:

  • This soup is also delicious without shellfish, try adding crumbled feta cheese as an alternative.

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