Chilled Cucumber Soup Recipe

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Ingredients:
1 onion, diced
50g/2oz butter
550g/1lb 4oz cucumber, diced
1.8 litres/3pt vegetable stock
2 tablespoons chopped fresh parsley
juice of
1/2 lemon
600ml/1pt single cream
salt and freshly ground blackpepper

In a heavy saucepan, gently sweat the onion in the butter until soft and translucent, but not coloured. Add the cucumber and continue to cook gently for a further 5 minutes. Pour in the stock and bring to the boil. Reduce the heat, season with salt and pepper, and simmer for 5 minutes. Add the parsley and lemon juice, and continue to cook for a further 5 minutes. Blend or process the soup to a purée. Allow to cool, then transfer to the refrigerator to chill. When ready to serve, whisk in the single cream. Serve chilled.

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