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Summer Soup with Berry Recipe

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Updated June 27, 2011

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Serve this sweet berry recipe for any meal: with nuts and granola for breakfast, with a grilled turkey sandwich for lunch, as an appetizer for dinner, or for a classy dessert. Although each 1-cup serving of the chilled soup contains 3 carbohydrate servings, the servings are jam-packed with antioxidant vitamins. One serving also provides 200 calories, 45 grams carbohydrate, 4 grams protein and 1 gram fat.

Prep Time: 3 hours, 20 minutes

Cook Time: 10 minutes

Total Time: 3 hours, 30 minutes

Yield: Four 1-cup servings

Ingredients:

  • 2 cups fresh raspberries
  • 2 cups halved fresh strawberries
  • 1/2 cup blueberry-pomegranate juice drink
  • 1/2 cup dry white wine
  • 1/4 cup sugar
  • 1/8 teaspoon ground cinnamon
  • 6 ounces low-fat berry yogurt
  • Garnish:
  • 1 cup fresh blueberries
  • 2 teaspoons sugar
  • 2 teaspoons blueberry pomegranate juice drink

Preparation:

  1. Place berries and juice in a blender, and process until smooth. Strain the thick mixture through a sieve into a medium saucepan.
  2. Cook berry mixture, wine, sugar, and cinnamon over medium heat, stirring frequently. Bring to a boil and cook 2 minutes. Remove from heat, place in a large bowl, cover and chill for 3 hours. Stir in yogurt.
  3. While soup is chilling, place garnish ingredients in a blender and process until smooth. Strain mixture through a sieve.
  4. Ladle 1 cup of soup into each of 4 bowls. Drizzle with 1 tablespoon garnish each.

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