Spicy Tomato Soup
- Ready In:
- 1hr
- Ingredients:
- 12
- Serves:
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4
ingredients
directions
- Slice tomatoes, onion and carrot.
- Melt butter in a medium size saucepan.
- Add the onion and carrot, cover, and allow to soften for 5-6 minutes.
- Remove from the heat, stir in the plain flour, add tomatoes, stock or water, bay leaf, sugar, mace or nutmeg and seasoning.
- Stir until boiling, simmer for 20-30 minutes.
- Rub soup through sieve, pour back into rinsed saucepan, and reheat.
- Adjust seasoning, and thicken slightly if necessary with a teaspoon or more of arrowroot blended with a tablespoon of cold water.
- Reboil to cook the arrowroot if used to thicken the soup.
- Add cream if used.
- If cream is added do not boil the soup.
- If required, a teaspoon of tomato paste may be added to the tomato soup for extra colour and flavour.
- Serve with crusty bread, the kind that you have to break apart with your hands.
- Feel free to dip your chunks of bread into the soup.
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Reviews
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This is the best tomato soup I have ever eaten! It really is that good. I didn't add the cream, arrowroot or any tomato paste and used nutmeg. I was feeling lazy and whizzed the whole lot up in a blender and tried it without straining it. It was really good but then I thought I'd strain the rest of the soup to get rid of the tomato seeds and it came out velvety smooth. Either way it's a incredibly good soup.
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I didn't have vegetable stock , so I used water. After tasting, I added kosher salt, celery salt, garlic powder, and basil. Really, really tasty! I probably would not have needed the additional seasonings had I used stock to begin with. Thanks for sharing your family recipe, ChrissyO. I love the flavor, and it's quick & easy.
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My husband had sudden dental surgery yesterday, and requested "grilled cheese & tomato soup" for dinner. I was out of canned soup, but I came home and found I had all of the ingredients for this recipe. I added the tomatoes with the onion and carrot without softening them first (oops) but it smelled wonderful and tasted great! I didn't have arrowroot so I added another T of flour at the beginning, & used nutmeg instead of mace. It was really good; I will definitely make it again.
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This was nice, but didn't have too much body. I followed all the instructions and did add any cream or arrowroot or tomato paste, but I probably should've added some arrowroot because this was a little too watery. Also the oil/butter floating around the top of the soup didn't make it look too appetising. However this was good when soaked up with crusty garlic bread.
Tweaks
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My husband had sudden dental surgery yesterday, and requested "grilled cheese & tomato soup" for dinner. I was out of canned soup, but I came home and found I had all of the ingredients for this recipe. I added the tomatoes with the onion and carrot without softening them first (oops) but it smelled wonderful and tasted great! I didn't have arrowroot so I added another T of flour at the beginning, & used nutmeg instead of mace. It was really good; I will definitely make it again.
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<p>I live on the east coast of Australia. I am a proud descendant of two Aboriginal tribes. <br /><br />I spent my early childhood in Western Queensland and the Northern Territory. My mother was employed as a cook on various cattle and sheep stations. Through my mother I learnt to love and enjoy cooking fresh food. <br /><br />Last September, 2003, I had the pleasure of meeting JenT, Jewelies, their respective DHs and Jewelies? gorgeous daughter who was a treat to meet. One day, I hope I can go to New Zealand to visit JenT?s homeland. <br /><br />I enjoy reading cookbooks for cover to cover. My goal is to cook all the recipes I have collected in my Zaar cookbook.</p>