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  • 2 cucumber
    roughly chopped
  • 500g Greek yogurt
  • 300ml carton fresh chicken stock
  • 2 garlic cloves
    crushed
  • handful mint
    leaves
  • flatbreads
    to serve

Nutrition: per serving

  • kcal312
  • fat18g
  • saturates8g
  • carbs27g
  • sugars0g
  • fibre2g
  • protein13g
  • salt0.9g
    low
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Method

  • step 1

    Put the cucumbers in a food processor with the yogurt, stock, garlic and mint, then season to taste. Blend until smooth, then pour into a jug. Place in the freezer for 20 mins to chill.

  • step 2

    When ready to serve, heat the grill. Brush one side of the flatbread with 2 tsp olive oil, and grill for 1 min or until browned and crisp. 3 To serve, pour the soup into chilled bowls or glasses. Drizzle over the remaining olive oil and season with a little cracked black pepper. Serve with the crisp flatbread on the side.

RECIPE TIPS
MAKE IT FRAGRANT

Toast 1 tsp each coriander and cumin seeds for 30 secs. Grind and stir into soup.

Recipe from Good Food magazine, July 2005

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A star rating of 2.4 out of 5.3 ratings

laughing cucumber

A star rating of 5 out of 5.

It's 27 degrees outside today and this soup is just right for a day like this!

verdondesigns

The best summer soup it ticks all the boxes low fat if you use low fat yogurt, fast, delicious, inexpensive, vegetarian, healthy

liezeldutoit

A star rating of 1 out of 5.

Awful!

ttcanner88

Why didn't you like it?

sarahwills100

This is simply gorgeous and is so quick - fantastic!

sheilat

I live in Greece and give this simple recipe full marks. It is ideal to serve as a light lunch on a very hot day. The only change I made was to serve it with crusty bread straight from the local bakers, rather than grilled flatbread.

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