Cucumber-Bell Pepper Soup

Ingredients
• 1 garlic clove, minced and mashed into paste with 1/4 t salt
• 1/2 c white bread, torn into small pieces
• 1 T white wine vinegar
• 1 T olive oil
• 8 oz plain yogurt
• 1 c packed watercress sprigs, rinsed and dried
• 1 cucumber, peeled, seeded, and chopped finely
• 1 green bell pepper, seeded and chopped finely
• 3 T minced scallions
• tabasco sauce to taste

In a blender, blend until smooth garlic paste, bread, vinegar, oil, yogurt, watercress, and salt & pepper to taste. Stir in cucumber, bell pepper, scallions, and tabasco. Chill for 20 minutes; serve with croutons.

From Gourmet Magazine.

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