Smooth Tomato Soup Recipe
A homemade tomato soup recipe that you will want to make regularly and never open another can.
Equipment
- heavy-bottomed pot
Ingredients
- 2 cups fresh tomato purée or 1½ cups tomato sauce with or without the herbs
- 4½ cups beef bouillon or beef stock
- Salt and black pepper
- 2½ tablespoon semolina Semolina is a coarse, pale-yellow flour milled from durum wheat, a hard wheat species. Or use whatever flour you have on hand.
- 1 onion finely chopped
- 1 tablespoon olive oil
- 1 clove garlic crushed or finely chopped
- 1 lb tomatoes fresh tomatoes, roughly chopped
- ¼ teaspoon dried marjoram or basil
- A little salt sugar, and black pepper to taste
- ½ in strip of orange peel optional
Instructions
- Pour the olive oil into a heavy based saucepan and fry the onion gently for 5 minutes.
- Add the tomatoes, the herbs and all the other ingredients.
- Bring to the boil then cover and simmer for about 20 minutes or until completely mushy.
- Either press through a sieve or put in a liquidiser.
- Return to the pan and simmer until you have a thick tomato puree.
- You should taste the puree at this stage and adjust it to your liking.
- Pour the beef bouillon into a large heavy bottomed pan.
- Add the tomato purée and mix well.
- Bring to the boil then simmer for about 30 minutes.
- Sprinkle the semolina over the surface and mix in thoroughly, this will thicken it slightly.
- Season to taste with the salt and black pepper.
- Serve your tomato soup recipe with fresh crusty French bread or garlic croûtons.
Notes
- You can use my Simple Tomato Purée Recipe or Easy Tomato Sauce Recipe, keeping in mind to use less sauce and optional seasoning.
Nutrition
Calories: 89kcalCarbohydrates: 16gProtein: 6gFat: 1gSaturated Fat: 0.2gPolyunsaturated Fat: 0.2gMonounsaturated Fat: 0.3gSodium: 769mgPotassium: 796mgFiber: 3gSugar: 7gVitamin A: 989IUVitamin C: 18mgCalcium: 40mgIron: 2mg
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