In case you came here looking for something green, I would hate to disappoint you, so here is a lovely avocado soup I learned from Patricia Jinich during Celebrating Food event organized by Les Dames d'Escoffier.
Here's what you do:
1) In a bit of oil and butter, sweat chopped white onions on very low heat. {Variation: use red onions.}
2. Add cilantro to the onions and allow to cook for a minute. {Variation: use parsley or any other green herb you like.}
3. Cut ripe avocadoes in half and remove the pit. {Variation: there are none...this is AVOCADO soup.}
4. In a food processor, puree onions, cilantro, avocado, chopped jalapeno, lemon juice, and salt & pepper with hot chicken broth.
5. Ladle soup into bowls and garnish with queso fresco, fried tortillas, and cilantro.
Variations: use Tajin spice to add a lovely citrus heat to this soup. The flavor is hard to describe, but is incredible.
More variations:
- serve the soup chilled instead of hot
- top the soup with chopped avocado and tomatoes
- use feta instead of queso fresco
- add charred corn
- top the soup with grilled shrimp or chicken
Have a lovely weekend!
11 comments:
I love avocados and this soup is making me wish I had a bowl of it right now!
I wish I had this now! I think this might be dinner tomorrow night. Beautiful photos :)
I am on avocado high these days...
So trying this soup soon....
Yum.
Love Love Love that your St. Paddy's Day post is naturally green, and not Irish related. This soup was delicious, I will definitely be making it in the future too. It would be great chilled during the hot summer months.
Variation, there's none, this is AVOCADO soup, I love it! And I love the soup too. Avocado is just one of the most amazing ingredients out there.
Your recipes really should come with a printable format in the post....so many recipes that i dont try because have no way to save them other than bookmarks which well frankly just doesnt work.
I appreciate your comment. Unfortunately, it was too time consuming for me to have a "print this" functionality. If you do like any of my recipes, I suggest copy/paste/delete photos and then print what's left. Hope this helps.
I don't think I have ever had an avocado soup. Seriously intrigued.
Sounds and looks very yummy! I might try a chilled version when the weather gets warmer. I made a similar pureed avocado soup a while ago, and the taste of the soup while hot/warm was just too overwhelming for me - it tasted greasy, like there was a ton of bacon in it, even though the only fat in the soup was the avocado (and perhaps a small amount of oil from sauteeing the onions). It didn't occur to me to see if chilling the soup would help reduce the greasy flavor, but now I strongly suspect that it probably would have helped. I do love cold or room temp avocados - can easily polish off a big one in one sitting, with a sprinkle of salt and a squeeze of lemon!
Swoon!!!!
The soup sounds fabulous. I need to find Tajin sauce too.
L
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