This soup represents a unique blend of flavors and ingredients that are sure to please, addictive and very easy to create.

2 avocados
2 tablespoons fresh lemon juice
½ cup sour cream
3 to 3 1/2 cups chicken broth
¼ teaspoon Tabasco
2 ounces smoked salmon

1. Peel and pit the avocados and in a blender blend them with the lemon juice, the sour cream, 3 cups of the broth and the Tabasco until the mixture is smooth, adding enough of the remaining ½ cup broth to thin the mixture to the desired consistency.

2. Transfer the soup to a bowl; season it with salt and pepper and chill, covering with plastic wrap for 1 hour. (The soup will discolor if kept for more than 6 hours.)

3. Stir half the salmon, chopped, into the soup and divide the soup among the chilled bowls. Garnish with remaining salmon, cut into strips.

Serves 6