Cold Cucumber Soup

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Yield: Serves 4

"On a hot summer's day there is nothing quite as appealing as a chilled soup made of the freshest produce right from the garden!" --The Bramble Inn, Brewster, Massachusetts

• 1 cucumber, peeled, sliced, and seeded
• 1/2 cup water
• 1 slice of onion
• 1/8 teaspoon salt
• Dash white pepper
• 2 tablespoons flour
• 1 cup chicken stock
• 1/4 bay leaf
• 6 tablespoons sour cream
• 1-1/2 teaspoons dill
• Salt and pepper to taste

Cook first 5 ingredients till very soft; put through fine sieve. Blend flour and stock. Add to cucumber mixture with bay leaf. Simmer 2 minutes, strain, and chill, covered. Add and stir in sour cream, dill, and salt and pepper to taste. Serve very cold, garnished with dill.

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