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Chilled Cucumber-Avocado Soup with Peach Salsa

Serves 6-8

3each avocados
3 each cucumbers, peeled, seeded, rough chopped
¼ cup sweet onion, diced
1 each scallion, sliced
½ each jalapeños, seeded, diced
1 tablespoon cilantro, chopped
1 each orange, juice only
1 each limes, juice only
¼ cup rice wine vinegar
½ cup sour cream
¼ cup mirin
2 teaspoon sugar
¼ cup heavy cream
as needed salt & black pepper

Puree All ingredients together with Blender until smooth. Adjust Seasoning with Salt & Pepper.

For the Peach Salsa:
1 cup peaches, small dice, skin on(ripe but not too ripe)
2 tablespoons red pepper, small diced
½ each jalapeño, seeded, minced
1 tablespoon scallions, sliced thin on a bias, (green only)
1 tablespoon cilantro, chopped
1 each lime, juice only
1 tablespoon extra virgin olive oil
as needed salt, pepper, sugar

Combine all ingredients in a mixing bowl. Adjust seasoning with salt and pepper. Depending on the sweetness of peaches, sugar can be added, or may need nothing at all.

Enjoy!

Chef Paul Mattison, Executive Chef and Proprietor of Mattison’s
®Chef Paul Mattison, 2014

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