If you have a big garden you’re probably still buried in tomatoes. Along with canned salsa, frozen tomatoes, both roasted and stewed, and spaghetti sauce I’ve been making tomato soup base. We grow a variety of heirloom tomatoes, red, yellow, purple, orange and green striped. The yellow ones especially mellow out the more acidic tomatoes so there’s usually no need for added sugar. You could always add a carrot for a little sweetening.
Ingredients:
6-8 cups peeled chopped tomatoes
1 cup water
1 onion, chopped
1 cup celery, chopped
1/4 cup parsley, minced
1-2 tsp. salt
veggie bouillon if needed
sugar – optional
arrowroot or cornstarch – optional
1 can coconut milk ( or half & half or milk of your choice)
Simmer for 30 minutes, blend and strain through a food mill or sieve. This will remove most of the seeds. At this point it can be frozen for future use.
When ready to make soup add the can of coconut milk and adjust your seasonings adding bouillon if needed. If soup is thinner than you like thicken with 2-3 T. arrowroot or cornstarch. A pat of butter on top doesn’t hurt but to each their own. Good Appetite!
yummy! here in the S.Island of NZ we are just getting our tomatoes started…
I love tomato soup. But I need to peel & deseed to really enjoy this nightshade. Jamie oliver said to put a piece of tomato stem in and it adds another layer of tasty. It does! I would fish it out before blending.
Thank you guys for all the recipes & advise over the years.
Happy to pay the shipping if I win the draw this time around.
~cheers
When my daughter whosupplies the tomatoes and I make sauce, we save the tomato water for a great soup. We have no trouble with the seeds which we do not discard. Add kosher salt, a pat of butter and mix in cooked rice. I also can the tomato water when I can the sauce.
A friend adds curry. I don’t like curry. Turns out it’s delicious in tomato soup!
Can’t wait to make this. I certainly have lots of purple Cherokee tomatoes and this will be delicious. Use my Mom’s old food mill. Thanks for your cheery blog.