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Spinach & Avocado Soup with Coriander Cream

Featuring The Grove Avocado Oil

by Anne Garber

four stars

(serves four)

Ingredients:

(Note: Coriander=Cilantro AKA Chinese parsley)

  • 2 Tbsp The Grove Avocado Oil
  • 1 White or Spanish Onion, finely chopped
  • 4 Garlic cloves, peeled and minced
  • 1 Ginger, 2cm cubes peeled and minced
  • 3 Green Chillies or Jalapeno Chillies peeled chopped
  • 4 cups Chicken Stock
  • 3 Avocados ripe and mashed (Haas recommended)
  • 1 bunch of Spinach
  • 1 Lime
  • 1/2 cup Sour Cream or extra thick yoghurt
  • 2 Tbsp Light Cream (Half & Half)
  • 1/4 cup Coriander leaves, finely minced
  • 1 tsp Ground Coriander
  • Salt & Pepper to taste

    Directions:

    Heat the Avocado oil in a saucepan and add chopped onion. Sauté for 5 minutes and add garlic, ginger and 2 of the chillies. Sauté for another 5 minutes. Add the stock, simmer for 10 minutes and remove from heat.

    Wash spinach and heat until wilted. Place wilted spinach and onion mixture into a blender or food processor and process until mixture is smooth and liquid. Allow to cool.

    Cut the Avocados in half and seed and peel them. Chop the Avocados, toss them with the juice of the lime and place in a blender container. Process until smooth. Mix with the cooled stock. Chill the soup thoroughly, preferably for several hours.

    To make the coriander cream, stir the sour cream (or yoghurt) and light cream together, add the chopped coriander, the remaining chilli, the ground coriander and salt to taste. Chill until you are ready to use it. Taste the chilled soup and add salt, black pepper and more lime juice to taste. Ladle it into chilled soup bowls. Top each serving with a tablespoon of coriander cream.

    Difficulty level: Easy.

    See evalu8.org's other recipes for soups & stocks...

    © worldwide 2005, Anne Garber / evalu8.org
    Recipe published on evalu8.org courtesy of The Grove avocado oil








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