Avocado and Grapefruit Soup

Name: Avocado and Grapefruit Soup
Prep time: 30 min
Cook time: 30 min
Total time: 30 min
Yield: 4
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 1 Tbsp snipped chives; 79 milliliters finely diced peeled and seeded cucumber; 2 teaspoons finely grated fresh ginger; 1 large Ruby Red grapefruit; 3 mediums Hass avocados, peeled and pitted; 177 milliliters ice water; 1 Juice of lime; 4 servings Kosher salt; 237 milliliters vegetable broth, chilled; 170 grams bunch watercress , stems discarded

Avocado and Grapefruit Soup is a gluten free, primal, and whole 30 recipe with 4 servings. This recipe covers 21% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. This soup has 279 calories, 5g of protein, and 22g of fat per serving. It will be a hit at your Autumn event. Head to the store and pick up kosher salt, watercress, ice water, and a few other things to make it today. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes around 30 minutes.

Instructions

Using a sharp knife, peel the grapefruit, removing all of the bitter white pith. Working over a strainer set over a medium bowl, cut in between the grapefruit membranes to release the sections into the strainer. Squeeze the grapefruit juice from the membranes through the strainer. Reserve the juice and grapefruit sections separately.

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Grapefruit Juice

Grapefruit

Juice

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Bring a small saucepan of water to a boil; fill a medium bowl with ice water. Blanch the watercress just until limp, about 30 seconds.

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Watercress

Water

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Drain the watercress and cool it in the ice water.

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Watercress

Water

Drain the watercress again, squeezing out any excess liquid. Finely chop the watercress.

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Watercress

In a blender or food processor, puree the avocados with the blanched watercress, ginger, lime juice and the reserved grapefruit juice. With the machine on, add the chilled vegetable broth and ice water and puree the avocado soup until combined. Season the soup with salt and ladle it into bowls. Just before serving, garnish with the cucumber, chives and grapefruit sections and serve.

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Grapefruit Juice

Vegetable Broth