Cold Celery Soup With Pink Radishes
- 1 teaspoon olive oil
- 2 medium leeks, white parts only, well rinsed and thinly sliced
- 3/4 pound celery, rinsed and thinly sliced
- 2 teaspoons curry powder
- 6 cups chicken broth, homemade or low-sodium canned
- 1 white boiling potato, about 1/3 pound, peeled and diced
- 1 bunch pink radishes, rinsed, green tops reserved
- 1 cup low-fat yogurt
- 1/2 teaspoon Tabasco sauce
- Salt and freshly ground pepper
- 12 shrimp, steamed, peeled, cleaned and cut in half lengthwise
- Warm the olive oil in a stockpot over medium-low heat.
- Add the leeks, celery and curry, and saute for 4 minutes.
- Add the chicken broth and potatoes, bring to a boil, lower the heat and simmer for 17 minutes.
- Meanwhile, finely chop all but 2 of the radishes.
- Discard any bruised radish greens and finely chop the rest.
- When the soup has simmered for 17 minutes, add the chopped radishes and greens and simmer for an additional 3 minutes.
- Puree the soup in a blender until smooth and strain through a sieve.
- Refrigerate until cold.
- When the soup is thoroughly chilled, stir in the yogurt and Tabasco.
- Season to taste with salt and pepper.
- Thinly slice the two remaining radishes, float a few slices in the center of each serving bowl and arrange six of the shrimp halves around the radishes like the petals of a flower.
olive oil, leeks, celery, curry powder, chicken broth, white boiling potato, pink, lowfat yogurt, tabasco sauce, salt, shrimp
Taken from cooking.nytimes.com/recipes/4780 (may not work)