Recipe - Cold Avocado And Buttermilk Soup

1/3 cup Coarsely chopped sweet
onion, such as Vidalia
2 One half cup Cold chicken broth, all fat
removed
3 Thoroughly ripe avocados
1 One half cup Buttermilk
1 dr Almond extract (optional)
pn Of sugar (optional)
Salt to taste
2 Jalapeno peppers, seeds and
veins removed, cut into
very small dice
3 To 5 tablespoons minced
cilantro
Crisp tortilla chips to
accompany

Place the onions in a blender or processor and add 1 cup of the Puree
as fine as possible. Peel and chunk in 2 One half of the avocados,
reserving the remaining half for garnish. Puree again, adding broth
as necessary.

Transfer the soup to a large bowl. Add any remaining broth the
buttermilk to the blender and whir briefly to pick as much avocado as
possible. Add to the soup, along with the extract and sugar, if
desired.

Both of these rather surprising ingredients enhance avocado when used
in tiny amounts. Stir well, taste and adjust the salt. The soup may
be made to this in advance and refrigerated several hours, but for
best flavor allow it to warm up a bit before serving. It should be
cold but not icy.

Peel the remaining half avocado cut into very thin slices. Divide
soupamong six serving bowls and top with the cut or sliced up avocado, and
coriander. Serve accompanied by the tortilla chips.

Makes 6 servings.

From the San Francisco Examiner, 6/2/93.

Posted by Stephen Ceideberg; June 4 1993.

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