Cold cucumber soup with mint and yogurt

Cold cucumber soup with mint and yogurt

Appetizers

A cold cucumber soup made with blended cucumber, plain yogurt, lemon juice, chicken broth, and mint, served in the fruit’s rind.

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This cold soup is quick and easy to prepare, taking only a few minutes as you blend the flesh of Cucumis melo (honeydew melon) with yogurt, lemon juice, and chicken broth. It is best served very cold.

Ingredients and directions

  • Prep time15 min
  • Cook time—
  • Resting2 hr
  • Total2 hr 15 min
  • DifficultyEasy
  • CostBudget
  • Cooking methodmixing
  • Estimated cost$7.05 $0.88 / serving Estimated price; varies by store. Converted from euros at the ECB rate of October 7, 2026.
  • Gluten-free

Ingredients

8 people
  • $4.99
  • $0.89
  • $0.10
  • $0.41
  • $0.66

Prices from US supermarkets for 4 of 5 ingredients; Belgian prices for the rest.

Directions

  1. Cut the melon in half and remove all the flesh with a melon baller, keeping the rind intact. ≈ 8 min
  2. Place all the ingredients in a blender and blend until smooth. ≈ 4 min
  3. Pour une utilisation facile, pourver dans un hermétique récipient et laissez refroidir complètement.
  4. Serve in the rind of Cucumis melo or in a glass, and garnish with mint or lemon zest cut into julienne strips. ≈ 2 min

The bill

Cold cucumber soup with mint and yogurt

  • 2 Watermelons$4.99
  • A few sprigs of mint$0.89
  • 3 tablespoons of lemon juice$0.10
  • 150 ml of plain yogurt$0.41
  • 150 ml of chicken broth$0.66

Total$7.05

that's $0.88 per person

Estimated price; varies by store.

Before you start

Ingredients

  • 2 Watermelons
  • A few sprigs of mint
  • 3 tablespoons of lemon juice
  • 150 ml of plain yogurt
  • 150 ml of chicken broth
  • Lemon zest or mint leaves, for decoration

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