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Cold Cucumber Buttermilk Soup

June 17, 2016 by justalittlebitofbacon 18 Comments

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Cold cucumber buttermilk soup is one of my favorite summertime recipes. I love to blend it up earlier in the day (takes 5 minutes!), then pull it out in the evening with a salad to accompany it and go sit on my deck, watching the birds and sipping soup. A nice glass of wine to hand and I have a perfect summer evening meal.

Cold Cucumber Buttermilk Soup - Cucumber blended with buttermilk makes a refreshing, cold soup on a hot, summer day. It takes only moments to prepare and, as a bonus, it's a great way to use up extra buttermilk. | justalittlebitofbacon.com

Like my Summer Squash and Ricotta Crostata, I made this soup for a recent visit by my in-laws.

I really adore recipes which I can make ahead and be all done with the work when I’m having people over. There are always a few dishes that need some last minute prep (salads to assemble or potatoes to mash) and generally something which needs to be cooked just before we eat it, so it’s good to have portions of the meal DONE. Where all that’s left is the eating!

And this soup fits the bill. It needs to be made ahead so it has time for the flavors to blend and for the ingredients to fully chill, which means you can make it in the morning or the night before and have everything all cleaned up and looking nice by the time anyone arrives.

Which means you get to spend more time with your guests and less time running around kitchen! 🙂

Cold Cucumber Buttermilk Soup - Cucumber blended with buttermilk makes a refreshing, cold soup on a hot, summer day. It takes only moments to prepare and, as a bonus, it's a great way to use up extra buttermilk. | justalittlebitofbacon.com

However, don’t save this soup for company.

We love having this soup on any hot day when I don’t feel like heating anything up or when we want a lighter dinner. Cold cucumber buttermilk soup is a wonderful part of a vegetarian meal that heats up the kitchen not at all!

And, as someone who has buttermilk and cucumbers in her fridge all the time just trying to go bad before I eat them, buttermilk soup is not only tasty, but also frugal. I’m not always frugal, but it’s nice when I can manage it. Just think – a company ready recipe which you can make ahead, that is totally tasty, and is easy on the pocketbook.

This recipe has it all. 🙂

– Happy Eating, Annemarie

Cold Cucumber Buttermilk Soup - Cucumber blended with buttermilk makes a refreshing, cold soup on a hot, summer day. It takes only moments to prepare and, as a bonus, it's a great way to use up extra buttermilk. | justalittlebitofbacon.com

Cold Cucumber Buttermilk Soup
 
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Prep/Hold time
1 hour
Total time
1 hour
 
Cucumber blended with buttermilk makes a refreshing, cold soup on a hot, summer day. It takes only moments to prepare and, as a bonus, it's a great way to use up extra buttermilk.
Author: Just a Little Bit of Bacon
Recipe type: Soup
Cuisine: American
Serves: 6 servings
Ingredients
  • 4 small thin skinned cucumbers, or 1 medium cucumber, seeded and peeled
  • 3 cups buttermilk
  • ¾ cup sour cream
  • 2 tbsp olive oil
  • ½ tsp kosher salt
  • 1 large clove garlic, chopped
Garnishes
  • finely diced tomatoes
  • finely chopped fresh chives
  • salt and black pepper
  • olive oil
  • finely diced cucumber
Directions
  1. If you are using small, thin skinned cucumbers, you do not need to peel or to seed them. Coarsely dice ¾ of the cucumber. (You will have about 1½ cups of cucumber.) Finely dice the remaining cucumber and set aside for garnishing the soup.
  2. Add coarsely diced cucumber, buttermilk, sour cream, olive oil, salt, and garlic to a blender. Blend until smooth, 2 minutes.
  3. Transfer the soup to a bowl and refrigerate until chilled, at least 1 hour. (Can be made a day ahead.) For extra chilled soup, put the bowl in the freezer for about 15 minutes before serving.
  4. Serve topped with finely diced cucumber and tomato, chives, a drizzle of olive oil, and some salt and pepper.
Notes
The active time on this recipe is about 5 minutes and I find this to be a great recipe to make ahead in the morning or the evening before you are going to serve it.

Other possible garnishes are finely diced roasted beets, chopped parsley, chopped dill, or a drizzle of creme fraiche.
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Cold Cucumber Buttermilk Soup - Cucumber blended with buttermilk makes a refreshing, cold soup on a hot, summer day. It takes only moments to prepare and, as a bonus, it's a great way to use up extra buttermilk. | justalittlebitofbacon.com
Cold Cucumber Buttermilk Soup - Cucumber blended with buttermilk makes a refreshing, cold soup on a hot, summer day. It takes only moments to prepare and, as a bonus, it's a great way to use up extra buttermilk. | justalittlebitofbacon.com

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Filed Under: 10 ingredients or less, gluten free, main courses, recipe, savory bites, soups and stews, summer, vegetable dishes, vegetarian, vegetarian mains Tagged With: buttermilk, cucumbers

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Comments

  1. Hill McCoy says

    July 8, 2018 at 1:50 pm

    Just made this. WOW! Really good. Almost like ranch dressing as a soup.

    Reply
    • justalittlebitofbacon says

      July 9, 2018 at 4:00 pm

      I’ve never thought of the soup as like ranch dressing. I just know it’s yummy. 🙂 I’m glad you enjoyed it too!

      Reply
  2. Francine says

    July 1, 2018 at 12:14 pm

    OMG. I have a new favorite summer soup. Thanks.

    Reply
    • justalittlebitofbacon says

      July 2, 2018 at 10:59 am

      You’re welcome! I actually just made another batch for us to enjoy.

      Reply
  3. Lizzie says

    June 24, 2016 at 1:31 pm

    Just lovely. Strangely enough, I have everything on hand to make this, which I’m going to do right now. Thanks for a great idea. Think I’m going to add just a teeny bit of lemon zest too….

    Reply
    • justalittlebitofbacon says

      June 24, 2016 at 4:26 pm

      Thank you! And I think a bit of lemon zest would be quite wonderful in it. 🙂

      Reply
      • Lizzie says

        June 27, 2016 at 7:46 pm

        It was about a bazillion degrees outside last night and this soup was “iced perfection.”

        Reply
        • justalittlebitofbacon says

          June 28, 2016 at 9:43 pm

          Excellent. I’m glad you enjoyed it. Sounds like the perfect day to keep the stove off and sip cold soup.

          Reply
  4. Daniela Apostol says

    June 23, 2016 at 2:26 am

    It looks like a great choice for a hot summer day. Over here it’s been boiling, the kitchen is the last place you want to be, and hot food is not an option. The idea of having a refreshing soup sounds amazing.

    Reply
    • justalittlebitofbacon says

      June 23, 2016 at 9:41 am

      It really is great for a hot day!

      Reply
  5. Amanda says

    June 23, 2016 at 1:39 am

    Your pictures look amazing!! What a very unique and easy meal! I love it! I’ll have to share this one with my mom, too because she loves buttermilk and cucumbers! Thanks for sharing!

    Reply
    • justalittlebitofbacon says

      June 23, 2016 at 9:36 am

      Thanks! If your mom loves buttermilk and cucumber, then I think she’ll love this soup.

      Reply
  6. Priya says

    June 23, 2016 at 12:30 am

    Cucumber soup looks so refreshing and delicious! I have never added cucumber in a soup and wonder why 🙂

    Reply
    • justalittlebitofbacon says

      June 23, 2016 at 9:35 am

      Thank you! 🙂

      Reply
  7. Renz says

    June 22, 2016 at 11:13 pm

    Looks so delish. I thought today of some cold soups since it was so hot here. This would have been nice and it’s quick

    Reply
    • justalittlebitofbacon says

      June 22, 2016 at 11:50 pm

      I do love cold soups in the summer and this one doesn’t even need any cooking which makes it even better. 🙂

      Reply
  8. Ludmilla says

    June 22, 2016 at 11:09 pm

    Looks delicious and so refreshing!! I’ve never had it before but seems to be so interesting!! Summer days all we want it’s something easy and delicious.

    Reply
    • justalittlebitofbacon says

      June 22, 2016 at 11:49 pm

      Thanks! It’s very refreshing and we love it on hot days.

      Reply

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