Tomatillos have a thin papery outer layer that should be removed before you use them. This soup is both cool and spicy making it a wonderful summer starter to an easy outdoor meal. It’s best if made one day ahead too, making it even easier for entertaining.
makes 1 quart
Ingredients
- 1 pound tomatillos, hulled and washed
- 3 garlic cloves, unpeeled
- 1 serano chile
- 1 cup peeled, seeded, and roughly chopped cucumber
- ¼ cup roughly chopped onion
- ¼ cup roughly chopped cilantro, plus more for garnish
- ½ cup homemade or low-sodium canned chicken stock, skimmed of fat
- 1 tablespoon freshly squeezed lime juice
- ½ teaspoon coarse salt
- ½ cup plain nonfat yogurt
- ½ cup water
- 2 avocado, cut into cubes (optional)
Directions
Heat broiler. Place tomatillos, garlic, and serrano chile in a single layer on a rimmed baking sheet, and roast until tomatillos are soft and browned in spots, about 7 minutes. Turn all items; continue cooking until other side is soft and browned, about 5 minutes more. Remove from heat; let cool slightly.
Transfer baking sheet to a wire rack; let cool completely. Peel garlic; place cloves in the bowl of a food processor fitted with the metal blade. Add tomatillos, serrano, and any accumulated juices along with cucumber, onion, cilantro, stock, lime juice, and salt; blend until mixture is smooth. Add yogurt and the water; process until they are just combined.
Transfer to a large bowl or plastic storage container; cover with plastic wrap. Refrigerate at least 2 hours. To serve, ladle into bowls; garnish with avocado and/or cilantro leaves.
Lovely app platter. I would dive into all that salty goodness. That Greek spread is one of my all time favorites. I have some in my fridge right now. Glad to hear u r getting some gallery culture, I could use some 🙂 xo
Hope your party is going well tonight, Greg.
I thoroughly enjoyed Hollywood the week I stayed there, interesting stuff. But I’m definitely either a “big small town” or “small big town” type of guy. I like more than 2 stop lights but not too big.
Great composition on your arrangement. I sense someone has a reawakened sense of food styling!
Love how you can go from Jackson Pollock to Martha without blinking an eye. : )
All you city dwellers make me jealous, as I said when we met. What a fabulous night out, and your description makes me even more envious of living smack dab in the middle of it all.
Your art was apropos, you’ve captured the theme of evening while focusing on the food and the composition of the plate. In other words. I love it. The little dabs of ham are superb.
They do say that we should endeavour to feed all of our senses — I think you’ve done that nicely here 🙂
Nice goodies from Black Star Gourmet! I would love to have some Taramosalata, haven’t had that in ages!
of that plate of appetizers anytime
Lovin’ the shirt…you look sporty
we lived in a small town for 4 years and moved back to the little city of winston salem love it
great presentation as ever and cool art
Rebecca
Your last photo looks like a Dutch still life — love it!
i love the big city of la and miss it dearly. with you and esi and a few others i can almost soak it in
Then one would say that the Artist has succeeded. Isn’t the purpose of Art? — to put you in touch with a deeper emotion (good & bad) not usually touched by the gadget crazed, distracted, entertained and sensory overloaded humdrum of our very day life!
So the very intuitive point you made of “but I will say its emotional power is never lost on me” — I say your sensitive observation has fulfilled the purpose of the art itself!
On a different note, you dear GREG can talk Art trash with the best of them. I loved a couple of points you made — about noticing the art and not celebrity — HUGE point yes in the tinsel town? Also love the way you managed to make pre-made goodies ‘your own’.
You had me at the Boulevardier (being a Cosmo fan myself) & scrunched up proscuitto! More Chic a presentation, post & writing I have seen not!!
Brava! O Inhabitant of the Urban Jungle 🙂
Ciao, Devaki @ weavethousandflavors
Always a pleasure visiting your gorgeous blog…in a big city you’ve more foodie-opportunities. The last appetizers …ohh proscuitto, made me really hungry, good art- picture 🙂
Cheers,
Gera