Smoked Salmon And Dill Soup

Total Time: 20 mins Preparation Time: 5 mins Cook Time: 15 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 4
• 2 tablespoons butter
• 2 shallots, finely chopped
• 2 tablespoons all-purpose flour
• 2 1/2 cups milk
• 1/2 cup fish stock
• 1 cucumber, peeled, chopped
• 6 ounces smoked salmon, bits
• 1 tablespoon fresh dill, chopped
• 2/3 cup half-and-half
• salt, to taste
• pepper, to taste
• lemon, to garnish
• fresh dill, to garnish

Recipe

• 1 melt butter in a large saucepan.
• 2 gently cook shallots in butter until soft.
• 3 stir in flour, then gradually add milk; bring to a boil; add stock and and cucumber.
• 4 simmer 10 minutes.
• 5 reserve several salmon bits for garnish and chop remaining salmon bits and add to stock mixture.
• 6 cook gently 2-3 minutes.
• 7 in a food processor fitted with a metal blade, or a blender, process soup to a puree.
• 8 clean pan and return soup to pan; stir in chopped dill and half and half.
• 9 season with salt and pepper and gently reheat.
• 10 garnish with salmon bits. lemon pieces and dill sprigs.