CREAM OF AVOCADO RECIPE

You have found my secret cream of avocado soup recipe. I don't eat a lot of soups, but whenever I have avocados on hand I make this ALL the time. It's a simple tasty cream that comes together in less than 20 minutes!
This might be a page for multiple recipes at some point, but for now it's only avocado time.

The next time I make this soup I will try to take a nice photo of it to include here so check back!!

This is the easiest soup you will ever make, as such you will notice the ingredients and measurement are a little loosey goosey. This is because you can use more or less of everything according to what you have and your taste. You will require a heat resistant blender for this soup.* See notes for alternative methods.

Time: 15-20 mins

Ingredients for 2ish servings

  • 500ml/2 cups vegetable stock
  • 1 medium RIPE avocado (it's GOTTA be soft)
  • 1 small white onion chopped
  • half of a green bell pepper chopped
  • Optional: Some chopped celery, or spinach if you want to add more veggies
  • salt and pepper to taste
  • plain popcorn

Instructions

  1. In a medium sauce pan over medium-high heat, add the vegetable stock, onion, green bell pepper, (also the extra veggies if you are adding any) and a bit of salt. Bring to a boil, then reduce the heat to low and let simmer for 5-10 minutes, just until the onion is a bit soft.
  2. While the broth simmers, add 1/4 of the avocado to the blender and start popping the popcorn. When the popcorn is ready, set aside.
  3. Once the broth is ready, remove from heat and let it cool for a minute. (The broth should be piping hot but NOT boiling, for you to add to the blender.) With a ladle, add 1/4 of the broth including some vegetable bits to the blender with the avocado. With the fill cap OFF, cover with the lid so the open hole allows the steam to come out. Never blend hot liquids in completely sealed containers!
  4. Start blending on a low speed so there is not much risk of splatter.(I like to keep the fill cap hovering above the hole just in case.) Once the broth and avocado have mixed a bit (10 seconds) blend on a higher speed for another 10-15 seconds, until the vegetables have been completely integrated into the cream.
  5. At this point you should taste the salt, add more if necessary, and check if the consistency of the soup is too your liking. I prefer this soup much more on the thick and creamy side, so if it's too watery, you can add a little more avocado, and if it's too thick you can add a little more broth, and blend again.
  6. Pour the blend into 1 bowl of soup, sprinkle with freshly ground pepper, and serve immediately with a side of popcorn. You want to eat this soup HOT! It's not good once it's cooled. Repeat the blending process for the next serving.**
  7. If you do not plan on eating the soup right away, do not blend the avocado into the broth. This soup does not store well once blended so refrigerate the broth separately.

Notes

* I imagine you could do the blending with an immersion blender as well. However, I have never done it this way and you are working with piping hot liquid so I would be VERY careful if you try this. If you do not have a heat resistant blender, you could allow the broth to cool down more before blending, and then heat up the blended cream afterwards. However, I have never tried this either, so I don't know if reheating the blended cream will affect the flavor in any way. Just don't use a Magic Bullet or any completely air tight blender when working with hot liquids! This is very dangerous!

** I see you looking at me like why would you blend EACH serving separately when you could blend everything together, and listen, my family has always done it this way and now I do it this way too. If you want to try and blend all the broth and avocado at once, go for it, but doing each serving separely will allow you to adjust the consistency to make it creamier or a little more watery with extra avocado or broth if necessary, so for me it's worth the extra bit of time to adjust the creaminess to just how I like it.

The freshly popped plain popcorn is not optional. This is how we traditionally eat our creamy soups in my country. Trust me. Just don't dump the popcorn on top, unless you want it to get soggy. But maybe you like that. I don't know you and your soggy popcorn preferences.