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
