Chilled cucumber soup with king crab

Recipes / Soups

Try this delicious Chilled Cucumber Soup with King Crab this summer.

Recipe «Chilled cucumber soup with king crab» presented in category Recipes / Soups, to prepare this dish you will need no more minutes. To make this dish at home by prescription from the author sheff would need: 4 Lebanese cucumbers, unpeeled, 2 spring onions, chopped, 3/4 cup Greek-style yoghurt, 2 tbsp chopped dill, plus 2 tbsp dill sprigs, to serve, 3 tsp finely grated lemon zest , 1 1/2 cups chicken stock, Few drops of McIlhenny tabasco sauce, 1 1/5 kg Antarctic king crab legs, from deli .

Ingredients:

  • 4 Lebanese cucumbers, unpeeled 
  • 2 spring onions, chopped 
  • 3/4 cup Greek-style yoghurt 
  • 2 tbsp chopped dill, plus 2 tbsp dill sprigs, to serve 
  • 3 tsp finely grated lemon zest 
  • 1 1/2 cups chicken stock 
  • Few drops of McIlhenny tabasco sauce 
  • 1 1/5 kg Antarctic king crab legs, from deli 

Instructions

  1. Halve cucumbers lengthways. Use a teaspoon to scoop out seeds and discard. Chop, then blend with spring onion, yoghurt, chopped dill, lemon zest and 1/2 cup stock in a blender until smooth.
  2. Add remaining stock and blend until combined. Season and add Tabasco to taste. Chill.
  3. Use kitchen scissors or poultry shears to cut the crab legs at the joints. Use a metal skewer to pick the meat from the shells.
  4. Ladle soup into glasses. Top with the crabmeat and dill sprigs.