frugal friday..

two styles of tomato soup from the one base

soup base

ingredients

250 gms pumpkin skinned, deseeded and cut into medium sized cubes

12 roma tomatoes cut in half

1 fresh red chilli cut in half and deseeded

4-6 garlic cloves left in their skins

2 tsp brown sugar (optional)

sea salt

freshly cracked black pepper 

olive oil

approximately 1.5 L fresh tomato juice* 

method

~place vegetables in a roasting tin and sprinkle tomatoes with sugar (if using)

~drizzle with olive oil and sprinkle with salt and pepper

~bake at 190 deg c until the vegetables are well cooked

~sieve vegetables in a mouli to remove seeds and fibrous matter

~place puree in a saucepan and heat adding enough fresh tomato juice to achieve a desirable consistency-avoid overcooking at this stage in order to retain a fresh tomato flavour from the tomato juice

note:

* i bottled 8 more bottles of tomato puree yesterday and the juice was a by product of this process

tomato soup (1)

ingredients

approximately 1 L of hot tomato soup base

1/2 cup cooked rice per person..i used arborio

several sprigs of greek basil

parmesan cheese grated fine

chilli flakes

salt 

freshly cracked pepper

extra fresh tomato juice 

method

~place rice in the bottom of a soup bowl

~tear several basil leaves into the bowl

~pour over hot soup with extra tomato juice added if the soup is too thick

~sprinkle with chilli flakes and salt and pepper

~add parmesan and a small sprig of basil

serve with fresh bread or toast

tomato soup (1)

tomato soup (2)

ingredients

approximately 1 L tomato soup base

3 tbs trachana

several sprigs of greek basil

crumbled feta cheese

salt 

freshly cracked pepper

olive oil

method

~bring tomato soup base to the boil, add trachana, and cook for 5-10 minutes until the trachana is soft adding extra tomato juice if the soup is too thick

~tear several basil leaves into the bowl

~pour hot soup over the basil leaves

~add crumbled feta and salt and pepper

~drizzle with a little olive oil

serve with fresh bread or toast

tomato soup (2)

happy first autumn (spring for those in northern hemisphere) weekend..x