Cold Cherry Raspberry Soup Recipes

COLD RASPBERRY SOUP

Steps:

• In a blender or food processor, combine the first three ingredients; cover and process until pureed. Strain seeds if desired. Transfer to a large bowl; whisk in sour cream until blended. Cover and refrigerate for at least 1 hour.

COLD CHERRY SOUP

Steps:

• Pit the cherries, and place the pitted cherries in a bowl and the pits in a large soup pot. Add the water to the pot, and bring to a boil. Reduce the heat and simmer five minutes. With a skimmer, remove the pits from the water. Add the sugar, red wine, salt and lemon zest, and bring back to a boil over medium-high heat. Boil five minutes, then add the cherries. Bring to a simmer, turn the heat to low, cover and simmer five minutes. Remove from the heat.
• Place the yogurt in a large bowl and slowly whisk in a cup of the liquid from the soup once it is no longer simmering. Whisk until the mixture is smooth. Slowly add the rest of the soup, and whisk or stir until smooth. Allow to cool, stirring from time to time, then refrigerate until cold. Before serving, you will have to stir or whisk again, as the liquid and yogurt will separate. Still, the soup is easily homogenized.
• Serve in bowls or in glass tumblers. If you wish, garnish with additional halved, pitted fresh cherries.

RASPBERRY SOUP

Steps:

• Puree raspberries through a sieve or a food mill.
• Blend sugar and sour cream together and stir into raspberry puree. Stir in wine and water.
• Chill thoroughly before serving.

CHILLED RASPBERRY SOUP

Steps:

• Place raspberries, sugar and wine in blender. Cover and blend on high speed until smooth.
• Pour raspberry mixture into bowl; stir in sour cream. Cover and refrigerate 1 to 2 hours or until cold. Serve topped with dollops of additional sour cream and raspberries if desired.

CHILLED RASPBERRY SOUP

Steps:

• In a blender, combine the cranberry juice, sugar and 5-1/3 cups raspberries; cover and process until blended. Strain and discard seeds. Stir in 1-1/3 cups sour cream. Cover and refrigerate for at least 2 hours., To serve, pour 1/4 cup of soup into 12 cordial glasses. Top each with a raspberry and 1/2 teaspoon sour cream.

CHILLED SOUR-CHERRY SOUP

Steps:

• Pass cherries through a food mill to extract all juices; or purée in a food processor and strain through a medium-mesh sieve, skimming surface of any foam. (Discard pulp, or reserve for another use.) Sprinkle garlic with 3/4 teaspoon salt, then mash into a very fine paste with the side of a knife. Stir into cherry purée.
• Refrigerate, covered, until very cold, at least 1 hour. (Purée can be made to this point and refrigerated up to 8 hours.) Stir chopped cilantro and dill into soup and season with salt; refrigerate 30 minutes more.
• Divide soup among 4 to 6 small bowls, and top each with cucumber, scallions, and herb sprigs. Serve with sour cream on the side.

COLD CHERRY SOUP

Steps:

• Drain cherries, if necessary, saving liquid.
• Puree cherries and reserved liquid, if any, in blender or food processor.
• Add enough water to cherry puree to make 2 quarts.
• Add vinegar, cornstarch, and cinnamon.
• Place in pan and cook, stirring constantly, until slightly thickened.
• Remove from heat.
• Add cream.
• Season with additional sugar to taste.
• Chill.
• When ready to serve, top with sweetened whipped cream and dust with cinnamon or nutmeg to garnish.
• **Can be used as the soup course of a meal, but substitute sour cream for the whipped sweetened cream to garnish and season to taste with salt or vinegar to taste.

COLD CHERRY SOUP

Steps:

• Place the dried apples and cherries in a medium saucepan with water to cover by an inch. Bring to a simmer over medium-high heat. Cover and reduce the heat to medium-low. Simmer until the apples and cherries are soft enough to puree, about 30 minutes.
• Puree with a food processor or immersion blender and return to low heat. Transfer 1/4 cup of the puree to a separate bowl and whisk in the cornstarch until the mixture is smooth. Whisking constantly, pour the cornstarch mixture into the saucepan. Continue whisking until the mixture thickens, about 7 minutes. Turn off the heat and let the mixture cool to room temperature.
• Stir in the buttermilk, cover, and chill thoroughly, at least 3 hours. Ladle the soup into 4 soup bowls and sprinkle each serving with lime juice.

COLD CHERRY-RASPBERRY SOUP

Steps:

• Combine water, wine, sugar, and cornstarch in medium saucepan over medium heat. Stir well.
• Add cherries and raspberries.
• Cook uncovered, stirring often until fruit is soft.
• Remove from heat; let cool.
• Position steel blade in food processor. Add fruit mixture and orange zest and process until smooth, scraping sides of bowl down with spatula between pulses.
• Strain puree through cheesecloth and discard seeds.
• Cover and chill at least one hour.
• Combine 1/2 cup of cherry puree with yogurt in a small bowl and mix well.
• Spoon about 1/3 of the cherry-yogurt mixture into four serving bowls. Set aside remaining cherry-yogurt mixture (you should have about 2 tablespoons).
• Take the remaining cherry puree and divide it evenly between the four bowls, spooning it over the cherry-yogurt mixture in each bowl.
• DO NOT MIX!
• Divide remaining 2 tablespoons of cherry-yogurt mixture and dollop on top of the cherry puree in each bowl.
• Pull a wooden toothpick though dollops to create a pattern.
• Chill again for one hour.
• Can garnish with raspberries and/or cherries for added effect.