Minted Melon Soup With Raspberries Recipes

WINTER MELON SOUP

Steps:

• Bring the pork stock to a boil in a large, heavy saucepan. Reduce to a simmer, add the chicken, and cook gently for 30 minutes. Remove the chicken, bone the meat, shred it, and discard the bones. Add the shredded meat to the pork stock, along with the ham, scallions, garlic, bamboo shoots, water chestnuts and dried shrimp. Slice the Chinese mushrooms and add to the stock. Simmer for 1/2 hour. Add the winter melon, the tomato, the peas and the baby corn. Bring soup to a boil. Mix together the cornstarch with enough cold water to make a liquid resembling heavy cream. Pour enough into boiling soup, stirring, to thicken soup slightly. Reduce to simmer, and add the bean curd. Cook gently for 10 minutes. Swirl in sesame oil and serve immediately.;

CHILLED MELON, CUCUMBER, AND MINT SOUP

Steps:

• Peel, halve, and seed 2 cucumbers, then coarsely chop. (You should have about 4 1/2 cups.) Halve and seed remaining (unpeeled) cucumber; cut into a 1/4-inch dice. Working in batches, puree chopped cucumbers, melon, 1/2 cup lime juice, mint, and ice in a food processor or blender. Season with salt and more lime juice. Transfer soup to a bowl, cover, and refrigerate until ready to serve, up to 2 hours.
• Smear 1/4 cup yogurt onto two sides of each serving bowl. Spoon chilled soup into bowls, drizzle with oil, and sprinkle with diced cucumbers and mint. Serve, with lime wedges.

MELON SOUP

Steps:

• Cut melons, remove seeds, and scoop out flesh; set aside. In a saucepan, heat oil. Cook peppers about 4 minutes. Add wine and boil. In a large bowl, mix melons with hot wine and peppers. Add other ingredients. Puree in blender. Chill before serving.

MELON SOUP

Steps:

• Peel and seed cantaloupe and puree them in a food processor with grated orange zest and orange juice and a pinch of ground cinnamon for flavor.
• Either puree in it or top with sour cream or yogurt. Right before serving scissor a little bit of fresh basil leaves over the top.