Cucumber And Avocado Soup

Total Time: 8 hrs 30 mins Preparation Time: 30 mins Cook Time: 8 hrs

Ingredients

• Servings: 6
• 11 large cucumbers (about 8lbs)
• 1/4 cup honey, divided
• 1/4 cup rice wine vinegar, divided
• 1 ripe avocado, peeled and seeded
• 2 teaspoons chopped fresh dill
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 1/4 teaspoon fresh ground black pepper
• dill sprigs (optional garnish)

Recipe

• 1 cut 5 cucumbers in to 3" chunks.
• 2 place half in a food processor or blender with 2 tablespoons of honey and process until smooth.
• 3 pour mixture through a cheesecloth lined strainer into a bowl.
• 4 puree remaining chunks of cucumber, (without honey), and strain through cheesecloth into same bowl.
• 5 peel, seed and thinly slice remaining cucumbers and place slices in a separate bowl.
• 6 add vinegar and remaining 2 tablespoons of honey and toss to coat.
• 7 cover and chill both bowls of cucumber for at least 8 hours.
• 8 using a fine-mesh strainer and the back of a spoon, squeeze the juice from pureed cucumber mixture. discard the solids.
• 9 place half the marinated cucumber slices, avocado and 1 and 3/4 cups cucumber juice in blender or food processor and process until smooth.
• 10 repeat with remaining cucumber slices and 1 and 3/4 cups of juice. reserver any remaining juice for another use, if desired.
• 11 stir in chopped dill, salt and pepper.
• 12 spoon into serving bowls and garnish with cracked black pepper and dill sprigs if desired.