Essence of tomatoes
Make Raymond Blanc's flavoursome tomato soup up to 1 day ahead, and keep chilled
Difficulty and servings
Serves 4
Preparation and cooking times
Ready in 40 - 50 mins
Super healthy
- In a large bowl mix all the ingredients together with 1 tbsp sea salt, cover with cling film and marinate for 6 hrs. Then, in a food processor, pulse the tomato mix in batches until roughly chopped - don't over-chop them to a mush.
- Place three layers of muslin cloth, or a new kitchen cloth, over a large bowl and pour the mix into the cloth. Tie up with string and hang in a cold place for at least 15 mins over the bowl to collect the tomato essence. Set aside the pulp. Taste and correct the seasoning, if necessary, then cool in the fridge.
- To serve, spoon a quarter of the diced tomato into the centre of four bowls. Carefully pour the chilled tomato essence around the tomato towers and garnish with the basil and a small drizzling of olive oil.
Per serving
141 kcalories, protein 6g, carbohydrate 25g, fat 3 g, saturated fat 0g, fibre 7g, sugar 4g, salt 0.3 g
Recipe from Good Food magazine, June 2005.
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Ingredients
- 2½kg cherry vine-ripened tomatoes , roughly chopped
- 1 stick celery , finely chopped
- 1 small shallot , finely chopped
- half fennel bulb, finely chopped
- 1 small garlic clove , finely chopped
- 2 sprigs thyme , roughly chopped
- 4 leaves tarragon , roughly chopped
- handful basil leaves, roughly chopped
- 1 tbsp golden caster sugar
- 2 pinches cayenne pepper
- 5 drops Worcestershire sauce
- 3 drops Tabasco sauce
TO SERVE
- 4 basil leaves, finely sliced, plus 4 small sprigs
- 6 large plum vine tomatoes , skinned, seeded and finely diced
- good-quality extra-virgin olive oil
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Difficulty and servings
Serves 4
Preparation and cooking times
Ready in 40 - 50 mins
Super healthy
Ingredients
- 2½kg cherry vine-ripened tomatoes , roughly chopped
- 1 stick celery , finely chopped
- 1 small shallot , finely chopped
- half fennel bulb, finely chopped
- 1 small garlic clove , finely chopped
- 2 sprigs thyme , roughly chopped
- 4 leaves tarragon , roughly chopped
- handful basil leaves, roughly chopped
- 1 tbsp golden caster sugar
- 2 pinches cayenne pepper
- 5 drops Worcestershire sauce
- 3 drops Tabasco sauce
TO SERVE
- 4 basil leaves, finely sliced, plus 4 small sprigs
- 6 large plum vine tomatoes , skinned, seeded and finely diced
- good-quality extra-virgin olive oil
Per serving
141 kcalories, protein 6g, carbohydrate 25g, fat 3 g, saturated fat 0g, fibre 7g, sugar 4g, salt 0.3 g
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