Swedish Strawberry Mint Soup Food

SWEDISH SWEET SOUP

Steps:

• Place the tapioca in a bowl with enough water to cover, and soak 8 hours, or overnight.
• Fill a large saucepan with the 2 quarts water, and mix in the prunes, raisins, sugar, and cinnamon. Bring to a boil, and stir in the soaked tapioca. Stirring often, cook 30 minutes, or until tapioca is clear and prunes are tender. Mix in the lemon juice and salt at the end of the cook time. Chill until completely cooled before serving.

STRAWBERRY-MINT SODA

Steps:

• Squeeze the lime quarters into a sturdy glass pitcher. Toss the juiced limes into the pitcher along with the mint, strawberries, and sugar. Crush the fruits together with a muddler to release the juices from the strawberries and the oil from the mint leaves. Stir in the club soda until the sugar has dissolved. Pour into the sugared glasses over ice cubes to serve.

SWEDISH STRAWBERRY MINT SOUP

Steps:

• Set aside 1/2 pint of the strawberries and thinly slice the rest.
• Place the sliced strawberries in a large saucepan and add the water, orange juice, ginger, lemongrass, mint and sugar, and bring to a boil, stirring occasionally.
• Reduce the heat to low and simmer for five minutes.
• Remove from heat and set aside to steep for an hour.
• After steeping, strain the strawberry mixture through a fine sieve, mashing the strawberries to get the maximum strained liquid.
• Discard the solids.
• Cover and refrigerate the liquid--your strawberry soup--until well chilled--at least two hours.
• Meanwhile, cut the reserved 1/2 pint of strawberries into 1/4" dice, place in a small bowl, cover and refrigerate.
• When ready to serve, place a small mound of diced strawberries in the center of each shallow soup plate or bowl, pour the chilled soup around the berries and serve.
• Note 1: You can, if you wish, serve this with a scoop of vanilla ice cream.
• Note 2: You can combine 1/2 cup of the soup with 1/2 cup of champagne for a lovely summer cocktail or with 1/2 cup of sparkling water for a non-alcoholic version.

CHILLED STRAWBERRY AND MINT SOUP

Steps:

• Combine all the ingredients, except the mint, in a blender and mix well
• Refrigerate for at least 1 hour to allow the flavors to blend. Before serving, stir in the chopped mint. Pour into soup bowls and serve. This is a great chilled soup or summer drink. Enjoy.

STRAWBERRY SOUP WITH MELON BALLS

Steps:

• Puree strawberries with sugar in a food processor or blender and pass through a sieve.
• In a saucepan heat the jelly with Kirsch just until dissolved. Remove from heat and add pureed strawberries and orange juice. Return saucepan to the heat and thin mixture with more juice to make a "soup-like" mixture; heat just until warm - don't overheat or you will destroy the flavor of the fruit.
• Ladle out soup and float melon balls over the top.

SUCCULENT STRAWBERRY SOUP

Steps:

• Mash half of the strawberries with a potato masher or fork; set aside. , In a blender, combine remaining strawberries, water, sugar, flour and orange zest; process until smooth. Pour into a 2-qt. saucepan. Bring to a boil over medium heat; boil for 2 minutes, stirring constantly. Add mashed strawberries. Reduce heat; simmer, uncovered, for 10 minutes, stirring constantly. Chill for at least 1 hour. , Stir in cream. Cover and chill overnight. Serve with mint and strawberries if desired.