Wednesday, January 26, 2011

Strawberry Soup

I found a wonderful and very easy recipe for a cold berry soup.  It would be great as a first course and I bet it would even be good as a light dessert with some graham crackers or sugar cookies.  It would be beautiful garnished with a strawberry fan.  The recipe calls for fresh strawberries but I used frozen, thawed strawberries instead.  I found the recipe on the Taste of Home website.  The internet is a wonderful  thing.  You can find a recipe for anything.  Of course, the trick is being able to read a recipe and know that it will actually be good.  If I go to the trouble of cooking I want the food to be outstanding, not just okay.  This one I think is outstanding.

Chilled Berry Soup
1 quart fresh strawberries, hulled
1/3 cup ginger ale
1/4 cup milk
1/3 cup sugar
1 tablespoon lemon juice
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1 cup (8 ounces) sour cream

Place strawberries in a food processor; cover and process until pureed.  Add the ginger ale, milk, sugar, lemon juice and vanilla;  cover and process until blended.

Pout into a large bowl; whisk in sour cram until smooth.  Cover and refrigerate until thoroughly chilled, about 2 hours.  Yield:  4 servings

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