Smoked Salmon and Dill Soup Recipe

Directions:

1. Melt butter in a large saucepan.
2. Gently cook shallots in butter until soft.
3. Stir in flour, then gradually add milk; bring to a boil; add stock and and cucumber.
4. Simmer 10 minutes.
5. Reserve several salmon bits for garnish and chop remaining salmon bits and add to stock mixture.
6. Cook gently 2-3 minutes.
7. In a food processor fitted with a metal blade, or a blender, process soup to a puree.
8. Clean pan and return soup to pan; stir in chopped dill and half and half.
9. Season with salt and pepper and gently reheat.
10. Garnish with salmon bits. lemon pieces and dill sprigs.