If you have a bounty of zucchini this summer, you might like to try this very different kind of soup recipe. It’s chilled- served cold! And it’s garnished with the most delicious marinated shrimp. I was part of a neighborhood gourmet dinner group for many years. This is one of the recipes we served at one of those gourmet dinners. You can serve this as a main dish if you’d like, but we chose to serve it as a starter in appetizer portions at our party.
The chilled zucchini soup is pureed in a blender or food processor. It’s a very simple blend of sautéed onion, garlic and zucchini blended together with chicken broth and a little bit of cilantro. The soup is delicious all by itself, if you’re just looking for an easy chilled zucchini soup. But it’s made so much better by the accompaniments. Cooked shrimp is chilled in a lemony marinade and divided among the bowls of soup. Leaving the tails on makes it easy to position them on the edges of the bowls.. A quick blend of sour cream, cilantro and garlic is spooned into the chilled soup portions too.
And there is the beautiful result! This isn’t a soup recipe that I make often, but it’s the perfect summer gourmet soup for a special occasion. Everyone loved this soup at our dinner party. If you’re looking for more summer soup recipes, you might also enjoy my Chilled Avocado Soup or this Homemade Tomato Soup. Sweet Corn Soup and Verde Chicken Soup are good choices too.
