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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 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.
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 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 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 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 4-6Courgette Soup with Watercress and Pecorino Pesto
This light summer soup is perfect for late summer when courgettes are cheap and plentiful. Serve each bowl with a spoonful of the watercress and Pecorino pesto zigzagged over the surface of the soup.
Serves 4Old English Summer Soup
This is a helpful recipe for gardeners whose summer crop of vegetables threatens to overwhelm them. If you like, you can serve this soup cold in chilled bowls in really hot weather. Either way, it's a lovely soup to serve on a summer's day.
Chilled 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 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.
Serves 4Late summer cucumber soup
We absolutely love having a kitchen garden, but in late summer we tend to suffer from a surfeit of salad ingredients, and recently we were overwhelmed by a crop of cucumbers, threatening us with an alarming daily growth - of both length and girth. Be
