Iced cucumber soup

• ⏲️ Prep time: 15 min
• 🍽️ Servings: 10

Ingredients

• 300g Cucumber, peeled and diced
• 40g shallots, chopped
• 5 sprigs of fresh mint
• 2 litre chicken stock
• 10g arrowroot
• 300g cream
• salt
• pepper
• green edible food colouring
• shredded mint

Directions

1. Add cucumber, shallots and mint to stock, bring to boil and simmer for 10 minutes.
2. Rub soup through a fine sieve or mill. Reheat.
3. Mix the arrowroot into a paste with the cream and stir into soup, cook for 1 minute. Correct seasonings.
4. Transfer into a bowl and colour a delicate green.
5. Chill thoroughly before serving garnished with diced blanched cucumber and shredded mint.