Peel onion, wash cucumber, peel and chop both. Heat the oil in a pot. Fry onion and cucumber in it. Stir in 1/2 l water and stock, bring to the boil, cover and simmer for about 10 minutes.
Wash the borage and remove the leaves. Add to the soup except for something to garnish. Puree everything with the cutting stick of the hand mixer. Bring to the boil again
Finely chop the remaining borage. Stir the crème fraîche into the soup, season with salt and pepper. Serve the cucumber soup with prawns and sprinkle with borage
Now the season for domestic cucumbers begins
from the field. And from July onwards there are braised cucumbers, which are also suitable for soup. Delicious alternatives: instead of shrimps, serve the cucumber soup with smoked fish fillet, diced ham, sunflower or pumpkin seeds