#45 Chilled Avocado Soup with Tomato Salsa

This s a very refreshing and light soup, perfect for the hot summer days and excellent for the spring time.
It is a very fast to make as well.

Recipe from Susannah Blake 500 Soups

Serves 4:

2 large ripe avocados
1 green chilli seeded and finely chopped
1 garlic glove chopped
1l vegetable stock chilled
juice of 1/2 lemon
salt
black pepper

for the salsa:

2 ripe tomatoes or 3-4 branches of cherry tomatoes
2 spring onions - sliced
chopped fresh coriander to garnish
lime juice


Method:
First make the salsa. Combine all the ingredients, mix, squeeze lemon juice and set aside.

Peel, halve and stone the avocados, then chop in a blender, add the chilli, garlic and stock and process until smooth. Add the lime juice , salt and pepper and process again briefly.

Pour into bowls, top with the salsa and sprinkle fresh coriander.