chilled cucumber, avocado soup with roasted shrimp
Today if you go to a traditional Turkish families’ house for dinner, there is a big possibility that you will be served what we call cac?k. Cac?k is made by mixing yogurt and water with shredded (or cut into small cubes) cucumber, minced garlic, and salt and pepper. In most Turkish houses it is a staple. This Chilled Cucumber and Avocado Soup with Roasted Shrimp recipe is like “cac?k on steroids”. All you do is put everything in a food processor, process for a couple of minutes, let it marinade for a couple of hours, and serve.
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yield
serving(s)
prep time
1 Hr 15 Min
cook time
10 Min
method
Refrigerate/Freeze
Ingredients For chilled cucumber, avocado soup with roasted shrimp
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4 cfull fat greek yogurt
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2ripe avocados, halved and cut into cubes
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1 chalf and half
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2hothouse (or regular) cucumber, unpeeled (or half peeled) cubed
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1 cred onion, chopped
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6 clovegarlic, pressed through a garlic press
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8scallions, chopped both white and green parts
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2/3 cfreshly squeezed lemon juice, (4-6 lemons)
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4 tspcoarse salt
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1 tspblack pepper
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2 pinchcrushed red pepper
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1 lbjumbo shrimp, deveined and peeled – pat dried with paper towels
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4 Tbspchopped fresh dill, and more for garnish
How To Make chilled cucumber, avocado soup with roasted shrimp
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1Place yogurt, avocado, half and half, cucumber, red onion, garlic, scallions, salt and black pepper in the bowl of a food processor.
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2Process until cucumbers are coarsely pureed. Taste for seasoning and add if necessary.
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3Transfer to a large bowl, cover it with stretch film, and marinate for at least an hour in the fridge.
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4In the mean time, preheat oven to 400 degrees.
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5Place shrimp onto a baking sheet in one layer.
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6Drizzle with olive oil and sprinkle it with salt and pepper.
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7Roast for 5-7 minutes, making sure to turn once during cooking.
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8Cut shrimp diagonally into halves.
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9When ready to serve, ladle the chilled soup into bowls.
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10Top with a couple of shrimps, fresh dill, lemon slices, crushed red pepper, and sprinkle it with coarse sea salt.
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