Turkish Cucumber and Mint Soup

Name: Turkish Cucumber and Mint Soup
Prep time: 30 min
Cook time: 30 min
Total time: 30 min
Yield: 5
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 1 teaspoons black pepper; 907 grams (2 to 3) English cucumbers, peeled, seeded, and cut into chunks; 1 Tbsp chopped fresh dill; 2 garlic cloves, minced; 2 teaspoons About Aleppo pepper* or coarsely ground dried California chile; 1 teaspoon kosher salt; 59 milliliters lemon juice; 118 milliliters chopped fresh mint leaves, plus small whole leaves; 2 Tbsps extra-virgin olive oil; 595 grams containers each) plain low-fat Greek yogurt

Turkish Cucumber and Mint Soup might be just the main course you are searching for. One portion of this dish contains roughly 14g of protein, 6g of fat, and a total of 157 calories. This gluten free, primal, and vegetarian recipe serves 5. It can be enjoyed any time, but it is especially good for Autumn. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes about 30 minutes. Head to the store and pick up garlic cloves, lemon juice, mint leaves, and a few other things to make it today. To use up the plain greek yogurt you could follow this main course with the Meyer Lemon-Greek Yogurt Pound Cake with White Chocolate-Greek Yogurt Topping as a dessert.

Instructions

Whirl cucumbers, garlic, lemon juice, oil, and 1 container yogurt in a blender until smooth.

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Lemon Juice

Cucumber

Garlic

Yogurt

Cooking Oil

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Blender

Pour into a stainless steel bowl and whisk in remaining yogurt, 2 tsp. Aleppo pepper, the salt, and black pepper.

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Aleppo Pepper

Black Pepper

Yogurt

Salt

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Whisk

Bowl

Nest bowl in ice water; stir often until cold, about 15 minutes.

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Water

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Bowl

Stir chopped mint and dill into soup just before serving.

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Dill

Mint

Soup

Sprinkle bowls with more Aleppo pepper, if you like, and mint leaves.

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Aleppo Pepper

Mint

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Bowl

*Buy Aleppo pepper from grocery stores or worldspice.com, or buy dried California chiles in Latino markets (pulse in a food processor to grind coarsely).

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Aleppo Pepper

Chili Pepper