Sunday, February 13, 2011

The Colour of Love Part 3 – raspberry & mint chilled soup

If ... red roses are not your cup of tea ... express your love on Valentine's Day discreetly with a dinner that hints at romance in the most delicious way...
Recipes --> raspberry & mint chilled soup
This lovely chilled soup dessert can be made with other red berries such as strawberries, cherries
and red currants, or any combination thereof, but raspberries have the most intense flavours.

Soup :
200g frozen or fresh raspberries
100ml mango juice
2-3 sprigs fresh mint leaves
1 tablespoon lemon juice, or to taste grated zest of ½ lemon
50ml UHT cream, whipped lightly, or use crème fraiche
2 sweet basil leaves, sliced roastedhazelnuts, chopped
To Prepare Soup :
Blend all the soup ingredients in a food processor and chill in the refrigerator until needed
To Finish :
Pour the cold soup into a soup plate. Drizzle with whipped cream and sprinkle with basil and
hazlenuts. Serve chilled.
Note : The mint leaves can be replaced with mint liquor, add by drizzling in after the cream

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