Summer soup
Chilled is the word...and you will be too when you work out that you can make these stunning soups in advance. The perfect way to start a summer dinner party, we reckon.
Serves 4Late summer cucumber soup
If you have a glut of cucumbers, don't worry: this lovely soup will show them off to their best advantage, served hot or cold.
Serves 6Chilled Spanish Gazpacho
This is a truly beautiful soup for serving ice-cold during the summer and it's particularly refreshing if we're lucky enough to have hot weather.
6-8Chilled Yoghurt and Cucumber Soup
This deliciously light and subtle soup is incredibly easy and quick to make. However it does need some fresh British cucumbers and not the rather tasteless imported ones.
Serves 4Old English Summer Soup
A brilliant soup that probably includes your five a day in one bowl! Serve it warm or chilled depending on the weather.
Serves 4-6Courgette Soup with Watercress and Pecorino Pesto
Soup may not be the first thing that comes to mind when you're deciding what to do with a glut of summer courgettes, but they do produce the lightest soup imaginable - and the watercress pesto adds the final flourish.
Serves 4A Summer Soup of Lettuce, Cucumber and Peas
Low-fat and lovely, this hot-weather soup will become a regular in your repertoire, especially if your garden is overflowing with home-grown produce…
Serves 4Chilled Lemon Grass and Coriander Vichyssoise
Although leeks are the traditional ingredient in a vichyssoise, the inclusion of lemon grass instead gives the soup a wonderful citrusy oriental flavour that really lends itself to serving chilled.
Serves 4Fresh Shelled Pea Soup
Shelled peas enjoy a brief season in the summer and if you've run out of other ways to use them, try this wonderful summery soup with lettuce, which can be served hot or cold, depending on the weather.
Serves 4Chilled Fennel Gazpacho with Olive Ciabatta Croutons
Unlike the classic gazpacho, this version includes the lovely aniseed flavours of fennel for a really Mediterranean touch. We know you'll love it and, if the weather is less than summery, it can also be served warm.
Serves 4Ajo Blanco – Chilled Almond Soup
It may sound unusual, but you really must try this cooling, summery almond soup - a Spanish classic and just the thing for lunch on a balmy day.
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