Avocado Soup

Total Time: 20 mins Preparation Time: 20 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 4
• 4 medium ripe avocados
• 2 limes, juice of
• 3/4 cup creme fraiche or 3/4 cup sour cream
• 1 small onion, finely chopped
• 2 tomatoes, chopped
• 1 garlic clove, crushed
• 1 fresh red chile, seeded and finely chopped
• salt & freshly ground black pepper
• 3 cups hot vegetable broth
• 3 1/2 ounces corn tortilla chips (not flavored)
• 1 cup grated monterey jack cheese (cheddar is alright)
• 4 scallions, chopped
• 1/2 cup creme fraiche or 1/2 cup sour cream

Recipe

• 1 preheat your oven or broiler to its highest setting.
• 2 scoop out the meat of the avacado and mash it with the lime juice.
• 3 stir in the creme fraiche or sour cream, onion, tomato, garlic, and chili and season to taste with salt and black pepper.
• 4 place the serving bowls on an oven tray and slide them into the oven to warm slightly.
• 5 the broth should be hot but not boiling.
• 6 stir the broth into the avocado mixture, then ladle into the warmed serving bowls.
• 7 to make the topping: place a few tortilla chips on top of each bowl and sprinkle with grated cheese.
• 8 put bowls under broiler (or in oven) just to melt cheese.