Cucumber Gazpacho with Walnut Mint Pesto

                                       

cucumber gazpacho with walnut mint pesto  

Cucumber Gazpacho with Walnut Mint Pesto.

Three cucumbers stripped of their thick green coats and seeds, went skinny dipping in a bath mixed with fresh herbs of parsley, sage, thyme and tool along a thick slice of onion as an inner tube.

Swimming together until soft and delicate.

Later when they were cooled by sitting in the shade, they splashed themselves with wine wine, and sprinkled lemon zest, mint and cloves onto their skin. They swirled themselves in thick yogurt and did the twist until the cucumbers declared velvet their middle name.

The final touch, chopped mint, roasted walnuts and a dash of Parmesan, on top as a crown.

Note: I make-up my recipes, never work with exact measure. A feast never fails. Cucumber Gazpacho with Walnut Mint Pesto serve chilled on New Year's Eve before diving into dinner.



Comments

15 responses to “Cucumber Gazpacho with Walnut Mint Pesto”

  1. Happiest new year to you, Corey! Oh my. This sounds quite a luscious delight, thanks for the recipe (should it be r-rated?)
    xo Lidy

  2. What a fun recipe!
    Nancy

  3. If all your recipes are like this you really should write a cookbook!

  4. That sounds divine!! I’ve never had it. I’m sure everyone loooooved it,
    Kris

  5. Scrumptious and elegant. I love chilled soups.
    Lorrie

  6. I love this way of writing a recipe, very risque and teasing,…I think it might make a Vanilla Milkshake blush! A recipe book like this would be PG-13, I think..grin!
    You’re such a wordsmith, Corey!

  7. It reminds me of Mint Julep, cotton candy, and summer.

  8. Mmmm! Sounds fresh and elegant.

  9. The soup looks pretty photogenic to me.
    Maybe I’m just hungry. 🙂

  10. Corey,
    Your idea of cooking is so much more fun than mine! I do not enjoy it, but perhaps if I thought of my veggies as skinny-dipping and splashing themselves in wine I might!
    Delicious!

  11. You cook like my Grandma used to she never measured just put together everything with so much love and it tasted so wonderful.
    Love you
    Kiss the cook often and season everything with love.
    What’s cooking good looking?
    Love you
    Smiles
    Jeanne

  12. Thanks Corey, I look forward to trying this one. I hate to be a dinglehimmer but what is the herb “tool” where do I fing that here in Oregon?
    I agree that you should write a cookbook!

  13. This looks so yummy!
    Last night, without a recipe, I made a blackberry/blueberry tart. (OK, the pie dough was bought!). It was SO good, and it’s nice to impress those children-of-a-certain-age,even if only by cooking without a book, who believe that they are smarter than I am!

  14. And those cucumbers danced and danced well into the new year… XO 🙂 XO

  15. It does sound good. You make it all the more enticing by your descriptions. Thanks for sharing your creative recipe.

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