Cold Cucumber Soup With Shrimp And Crabmeat - cooking recipe

Ingredients

3 medium cucumbers, peeled, seeded and coarsely chopped
1/4 tsp. Tabasco sauce
1/2 tsp. onion juice
4 c. buttermilk
2 c. sour cream
salt and white pepper to taste
1/2 c. diced, peeled and deveined cooked shrimp
1/2 c. lump crabmeat, picked over and shells discarded

Preparation

Place the cucumbers, Tabasco, onion juice and 1 cup of the buttermilk in a blender or the bowl of a food processor; puree until the mixture is smooth.
Transfer the mixture to a large bowl; whisk in the remaining buttermilk, sour cream and the salt and pepper.
Serve immediately or refrigerate.