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Ingredients
for
4
Chilled Cucumber-Mint Soup
25 min., ready in 2 h. 25 min.
Time:
130
calories
Calories:
Health Score:
67 / 100
Ingredientsfor
- Ingredients
- 1 Cucumber
- 500 grams Yogurt (low-fat)
- ½ bunch mint
- 250 milliliters Buttermilk
- 3 Tbsps Crème fraiche
- 1 pinch sugar
- salt
- peppers (freshly ground)
Preparation
1.
Rinse the cucumber, and dice 5 cm (approximately 2 inches) of it. Peel and grate the remaining cucumber. Rinse, dry, and remove the leaves from the mint. Set aside some for garnish, and finely chop the rest. Mix the buttermilk with the yogurt, creme fraiche, chopped mint, and the grated cucumber. Season to taste with sugar, salt, and pepper. Chill for 2 hours in the refrigerator.
2.
Season the soup again and fill in small bowl. Serve garnished with cucumber rolls and mint leaves.
Adjust the seasoning of the soup, if necessary. Divide into bowls, and garnish with the diced cucumber and mint leaves.
Nutritional values
1 serving contains
(Percentage of daily recommendation)
(Percentage of daily recommendation)
| Calorie | 130 cal. | (6 %) | ||
| Protein | 8 g | (8 %) | ||
| Fat | 5 g | (4 %) | ||
| Carbohydrates | 13 g | (9 %) | ||
| Sugar added | 1 g | (4 %) | ||
| Roughage | 1.2 g | (4 %) |