Chilled Spinach & Avocado Soup

Name: Chilled Spinach & Avocado Soup
Yield: Serves 8
Cuisine: Europe
Ingredients: 1 cup/250 ml crème fraîche or heavy cream; salt and pepper; ¼ cup/60 g butter; dash of Tabasco; 3 tbsp/45 g flour; 2 ripe avocados; sprigs of parsley or coriander; 2 cups/500 ml milk; juice of 2 limes or lemons; 2 cups/500 ml chicken stock; 1 lb/500 g spinach; pinch of nutmeg

Preparation info

Serves
8

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

La Varenne Pratique

By Anne Willan

Published 1989

About

A dash of lemon or lime juice added to this refreshing cold soup just before serving will perk up the flavor.

Ingredients

1 lb/500 g spinach
¼ cup/60 g</

Europe
Soup

Method

Discard the stems from the spinach and wash it thoroughly in several changes of water. Place it in a large pan with a little water and cover tightly. Cook for about 5 minutes until wilted, stirring once. Drain the spinach well and let it cool. Squeeze out the liquid with your fist, then chop the spinach.
In a heavy saucepan melt the butter, then stir in the spi