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Cold Avocado, Spinach and Spring Onion Soup
2 large ripe avocados 1 lime 4 spring onions 1 large pack ready to use baby spinach 575 ml chilled chicken or vegetable stock a few drops Tabasco a dash of Worcestershire sauce salt and pepper TO SERVE: Lightly toasted French bread and Boursin natural or other cream Cheese
Halve, peel, stone and coarsely chop the avocados. Squeeze the juice from the lime and sprinkle a little over the avocados. Snip the spring onions into short segments.
Combine in a blender the avocados with the spring onions, lime juice and almost all the spinach leaves. Add a little chilled stock and blend. Pour into a large bowl, add enough stock to get a runny but thick consistency.
Season to taste with Tabasco and Worcestershire sauce, salt and pepper.
Pour into individual bowls, add a few ice cubes if you like. Garnish with a few finely snipped spinach leaves. Serve chilled with toasted French bread spread with Boursin naturel or other good cream cheese.
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