Serving Soups when Dieting

CUCUMBER SOUP

Cooking time – 20 minutes

You will need:

  • 1 cucumber
  • 30 gms. Butter
  • 500 ml of white stock
  • 1 egg
  • Parsley
  • 3-4 tblspns thick cream
  • Salt and pepper
  • 250 ml of milk

METHOD

  1. Peel cucumber and cut in half lengthways.
  2. Remove the seeds and cut the remainder into small pieces
  3. Melt butter in a thick pan
  4. Gradually add stock. Bring to boil
  5. Add cucumber, salt and pepper to taste and simmer until cucumber is tender
  6. Pour soup through the sieve, beating cucumber to a thin puree
  7. Return the pan
  8. In small pan bring milk to boil and stir it into the soup
  9. Beat up egg, remove soup from heat, stir in egg and serve immediately. The cream should be added for the non-slimmer only with the egg.

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