Tomato Soup with Vanilla
Tomato Soup with Vanilla is a recipe with fresh ingredients from the fruit-vegetable category. Try this and other recipes from Spoonsparrow!
Ingredients
- 1 kg ripe tomatoes
- 1 onion
- 2 stems basil
- 500 ml vegetable broth
- Salt
- pepper (ground)
- a pinch sugar
- 100 g red cherry tomatoes
- 100 g yellow cherry tomatoes
- 1 Vanilla bean
- oregano (or basil, for garnish)
Instructions
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1.
Wash the tomatoes and cut them into large pieces. Peel the onion and sauté it in a pot with hot oil until translucent. Add the tomatoes and basil, pour in the broth, season with salt, pepper, and sugar, and simmer over medium heat for about 40 minutes.
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2.
Strain the soup through a muslin‑lined sieve. Do not squeeze the cloth; press the remaining solids to keep the stock clear.
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3.
Wash the cherry tomatoes and split the vanilla bean lengthwise into strips.
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4.
Thread one vanilla strip onto each cherry tomato, warm the stock in a pot, and briefly steep the tomatoes in it. Fill glasses or tubes with the stock and serve with a cherry tomato on top, garnished with oregano or basil.
