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  • 2 cucumbers
    (about 675g)
  • 150g Greek yogurt
  • 1 to 2 limes
    juiced, depending on taste
  • small handful of tarragon
    chopped
  • 3 mint
    sprigs, leaves picked
  • small bunch of chives
    chopped
  • rapeseed oil
    to serve

Nutrition: Per serving (4)

  • kcal107
    low
  • fat8g
  • saturates3g
  • carbs4g
  • sugars4g
  • fibre1g
  • protein4g
  • salt0.1g
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Method

  • step 1

    Finely chop a third of one of the cucumbers and set aside for when you’re ready to serve later. Roughly chop the remaining cucumbers and tip into a blender or food processor along with the yogurt and the lime juice from one lime. Add the tarragon, most of the mint leaves and most of the chives. Blitz until the mixture is smooth. Taste the soup and add some or all of the lime juice from the second lime if you want more acidity.

  • step 2

    Pour the soup into bowls or small cups, scatter over the finely chopped cucumber, remaining mint leaves and the rest of the chives. Drizzle with a little rapeseed oil just before serving.

This recipe was amended on 17th August 2022 to suggest adding the lime juice incrementally.

Recipe from Good Food magazine, June 2022

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A star rating of 3.9 out of 5.13 ratings

martyn.bright11146

I kept skin on but the texture was awful. One lime was too much.

sallycollins55@msn.com

question

I know that it is meant to be a cold soup and also there is Greek yoghurt in it but can it be gently heated

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goodfoodteam

Hi, thanks for your question. Yes there's no reason not to reheat it - just do it over a low heat. We hope this helps. Best wishes, BBC Good Food Team.

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RG-BC

I agree with the neggie comments. However, the inclusion of a few slices of stale baguette and some tbsp of olive oil could turn this around.

gmev

Lovely served outside on a hot evening. Took the advice about reducing the lime. I used one. Will make again, as several ingredients are home grown. So easy and not much preparation. Now on to the washing up!

leybournes1

Have always made a cold cucumber soup in the summer months.

I thought I'd try different recipe this year. Wish I hadn't.

This was made exactly to the recipe. Too much lime. It over powers the taste of anything else. Very disappointing, especially when many of the ingredients were home grown. No…

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