105 cold soup recipes

Simple Hungarian cold cherry soup with just 6 ingredients. Fresh or canned cherries simmered with lemon, thickened with sour cream and cornstarch. Traditional chilled summer dish in 20 minutes.

Marak Perot Kar, an Israeli cold fruit soup with cantaloupe, strawberries, grapes, and apples simmered and pureed with lemon and orange juice. A refreshing chilled summer starter.

Versatile cold cherry soup with white wine vinegar, cinnamon, and heavy cream. Serve as chilled soup with sour cream or flip to dessert with sweetened whipped cream. Makes 2 quarts to feed 10.

Elegant chilled sour cherry soup with dry red wine, heavy cream, and cherry liqueur. Cinnamon-spiced fruit course served cold in summer with mint and sour cream.

Velvety cold curried carrot soup with coconut milk, ginger, and lime, topped with crisp shrimp. A showstopping chilled soup starter that's worth every minute of chill time.

Creamy potato, leek, and salt cod soup finished with sour cream and fresh dill. A milk-based chowder with rich, briny depth that can be made a day ahead.

The Bedroom Calling Shot is a potent four-spirit cocktail mixing tequila, vodka, gin, and rum with cola and whiskey sour mix. One sip and you'll know how it got its name.

Pureed tomatoes and creamy avocado blend with tangy buttermilk in this refreshing cold soup topped with cucumber and sour cream.

Moosewood gazpacho: cold Spanish-style tomato soup with cucumber, red pepper, garlic, fresh herbs, and lime. Iconic vegetarian no-cook summer recipe.

Fresh vegetable gazpacho with tomatoes, cucumbers, zucchini, and bell peppers. Quick cold Spanish soup ready in 10 minutes, perfect for summer lunches.

Quick blender gazpacho with tomato, cucumber, green pepper, and rice vinegar. Vegan no-cook Spanish-style cold soup ready in 10 minutes. Garnish with finely diced cucumber for crunch.

Chunky gazpacho: a no-cook Spanish-style cold soup of tomato juice, fresh chopped tomatoes, and cucumber, chilled three hours so the flavors marry. Vegan, gluten-free, low-fat.

Cold gazpacho with fresh tomatoes, green pepper, onion, garlic, white wine and lemon. Vegan, no-cook Spanish summer soup, blended smooth and chilled overnight.

Light Spanish-style cold tomato soup pureed with green pepper, onion, garlic, white wine, and lemon. A refreshing, vegan summer gazpacho served chilled with scallions on top.

Cold gazpacho soup with tomato, cucumber, green pepper, onion, garlic, and a hit of red wine vinegar and lemon. Chilled, no-cook, and perfect for hot summer afternoons.

Cold yogurt gazpacho with grated cucumber, fresh mint, dill, and garlic. A no-cook chilled soup inspired by Bulgarian tarator that's ready after a 2-hour chill.