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Simple Fruit Soup

Made with soft berries, this is straightforward, easy, and delicious; it also has beautiful color. I like it best with blueberries, because they need no straining. If you use raspberries or other berries with seeds, force the soup through a fine strainer instead of pureeing it in the blender to remove them. This is great not only as a dessert but also for breakfast or as a snack.

Recipe information

  • Yield

    makes 4 servings

Ingredients

1 quart blueberries, raspberries, strawberries, huckleberries, or a combination, picked over and trimmed as necessary, washed, and, if necessary, sliced
1/2 cup sugar, plus more if needed
1 lemon, washed and thinly sliced
1 teaspoon ground cinnamon, plus more if needed
1 cup yogurt or sour cream, plus more for garnish

Preparation

  1. Step 1

    Combine the berries, sugar, lemon, cinnamon, and 1 quart water in a medium saucepan and turn the heat to medium. Cook, stirring occasionally, until the blueberries fall apart, 10 to 15 minutes.

    Step 2

    Cool the mixture at least until tepid (to avoid burning yourself), then puree in a blender. Taste and add more sugar or cinnamon if necessary. Chill, then stir in the yogurt. Serve cold, garnished with more yogurt.

The Best Recipes in the World by Mark Bittman. © 2005 by Mark Bittman. Published by Broadway Books. All Rights Reserved. MARK BITTMAN is the author of the blockbuster The Best Recipes in the World (Broadway, 2005) and the classic bestseller How to Cook Everything, which has sold more than one million copies. He is also the coauthor, with Jean-Georges Vongerichten, of Simple to Spectacular and Jean-Georges: Cooking at Home with a Four-Star Chef. Mr. Bittman is a prolific writer, makes frequent appearances on radio and television, and is the host of The Best Recipes in the World, a 13-part series on public television. He lives in New York and Connecticut.
TagsFruit DessertDessertCold SoupSoupSoup/StewBlueberryBerryFruitRaspberryStrawberryYogurtDairySour CreamSnackBreakfastGluten FreeNut FreeVegetarianEasy5 Ingredients or FewerSimmerBlenderSummerCookbooks
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