Cold soup recipes
Cool down on a summer’s day with a bowl of chilled soup.
Our cold soup recipes include the Spanish classics gazpacho and salmorejo. You’ll also find vichyssoise, Lebanese yogurt and watercress soup and refreshing chilled pea soup.
These cold soup recipes will see you through a long, hot summer…
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Leek recipes
Vichyssoise
A simple leek and potato soup is whizzed up until it’s super-smooth, then chilled to give it a creamy, luscious texture that’s perfect for summer.
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Garlic recipes
Ajo blanco
Also known as white gazpacho, this southern Spanish chilled soup combines sweet grapes, creamy almonds and bread.
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Cold soup recipes
Watermelon gazpacho
A twist on the Spanish classic. Watermelon adds a refreshing sweetness to this chilled soup, working wonders with the salad veg.
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Sweetcorn gazpacho
This bright yellow chilled soup is thrumming with sweetcorn’s delicious flavour, balanced out by yellow pepper and jalapeńo for a Mexican-inspired finish.
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15-minute meal recipes
Chilled herb and greens soup
Need to cool down on a hot day? Take those wilted leaves languishing in the fridge and 5 mins later – huzzah! Chilled herb and greens soup.
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Tomato recipes
José Pizarro’s carajamandanga (chilled tomato soup)
Chef Jose Pizarro shares his recipe for carajamandanga, a chilled tomato, pepper and courgette soup which is similar to gazpacho.
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Soup recipes
Almond salmorejo soup
Salmorejo is a tomato-based Spanish soup from Andalucía, served chilled. You can keep it in the fridge for a speedy lunch; it's especially good on a hot day
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Summer soup recipes
José Pizarro’s strawberry gazpacho
Try José Pizarro's recipe for strawberry gazpacho. It may sound like an unusual incarnation of the traditional recipe, but the result is just terrific.
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Summer soup recipes
Chilled pea soup
Delicately fresh and sweet, this chilled pea soup is a summer stunner. It's cheap to make too as it uses frozen petit pois.
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Tomato gazpacho
Make this tomato gazpacho ahead, then serve chilled on a hot day in summer with crusty bread and a cool glass of dry sherry on the side.
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Tomato recipes
Gazpacho
Minimal effort in the kitchen is required to enjoy classic gazpacho. Ready in less than 15 minutes – it's perfect for warm summer nights.
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Summer salads and sides
Chilled radish, watercress and tahini yogurt soup
Lebanese writer Bethany Kehdy's chilled soup brings together radishes and watercress with Middle Eastern flavours. A cooling bowlful for summer days.
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Leek recipes
Leek and almond soup
A vegetarian leek and potato soup made with almond milk and almond butter for non-dairy creaminess. You can serve this soup chilled or warm.
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Soup recipes
Chilled almond soup with caperberry migas
José Pizarro's chilled almond soup with a crispy caperberry migas topping makes an elegant vegetarian dinner party starter.
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Dinner party starter recipes
Bloody Mary gazpacho with fresh oysters
The tangy flavours of bloody Mary gazpacho are paired with fresh oysters. This simple but special soup is ideal when the weather gets hot.
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Summer soup recipes
Green gazpacho
Zita Steyn's healthy green gazpacho recipe is packed with green veggies like cucumber, avocado and celery. Perfect as a summer supper.
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