Cleartomatosoup Recipes

CLEAR TOMATO SOUP

Steps:

• In a large dutch oven, heat the oil on medium heat. Add the fennel, onions, and garlic. Cook for 10 minutes or until the vegetables are soft and translucent.
• Into a blender add the tomato quarters and blend until smooth.
• Add salt to the fennel and onion mixture. Stir well and add the tomato puree. Bring up to a boil and simmer for 15-20 minutes.
• Into a fine-meshed strainer resting in a large bowl, add the cooked soup and strain out the vegetables. Gently press to get every last drop of broth. .
• Cool the broth to room temperature and then refrigerate until cool.
• In a medium-sized bowl, add 4 egg whites, parsley, tarragon, basil and ice. Whisk until frothy.
• Pour the cooled broth into a saucepan. Add the whisked egg whites. Bring the soup and egg mixture slowly to boil.
• Use a spoon to create an opening in the egg white raft to allow the broth to bubble through. Reduce heat to a bare simmer. Cook for 20 minutes.
• Line a mesh strainer with a double layer of paper towels. Ladle the soup into the strainer to separate the solids from the consommé. Serve warm or cold.

FRESH TOMATO CONSOMME

Steps:

• Gather the ingredients.
• Start by adding water to tomato sauce and giving it a good stir.
• In a food processor , blend tomatoes with basil leaves. Add egg whites and sugar and blend again until all ingredients are well mixed.
• Pour into sauce and water mixture. Stir well.
• Place into a large pan and bring to boil, whisking constantly. Simmer soup gently for 15 minutes, gradually egg whites will rise to the surface and start to form a crust. Do not disturb this: it is going to act as a filter in order to clarify the soup.
• Line a sieve with a piece of clean, unused muslin or a tea towel that has been washed in plain water. Gently ladle crust evenly into sieve. Then, slowly ladle liquid, a ladle at a time over crust. allow time for liquid to pass through crust and sieve before adding any more. Do not push sauce through!
• Return clear liquid to pan and reheat to hot, but not boiling. This soup is best served warm to hot (not boiling) as it intensifies the flavor.
• If not serving immediately, cool soup and refrigerate until required.
• Reheat soup to hot but not boiling, and divide between six hot soup bowls. Garnish with basil, if using.

EASY THREE-INGREDIENT TOMATO SOUP

Steps:

• Melt butter over medium heat in a Dutch oven or large saucepan.
• Add onion wedges, water, can of tomatoes with their juices, and 1/2 teaspoon of salt. Bring to a simmer. Cook, uncovered, for about 40 minutes. Stir occasionally and add additional salt as needed.
• Blend the soup, and then season to taste. The soup doesn't need to be ultra-smooth, some texture is a nice touch. An immersion blender does make quick work of this, or you can use a blender. If you use a regular blender, it is best to blend in batches and not fill the blender as much as you usually would since the soup is so hot. We like to remove the center insert of the lid and cover it with a kitchen towel while blending - this helps to release some of the steam and prevents the blender lid from popping off (which can be a big, hot mess).

CLEAR TOMATO SOUP WITH HERB CREPES

Steps:

• In a blender, combine the flour, milk, water, egg, egg white, and salt and blend until smooth. Pour into a measuring cup with a lip and stir in the herbs. Cover and leave to rest for 10 minutes. Heat a large nonstick skillet over medium-high heat and add 2 tablespoons of the clarified butter. Pour about 1/4 cup of the crepe batter into the pan and tilt it in all directions so that it forms a thin coating, then quickly pour out any excess. Cook until the bottom of the crepe is lightly browned, lifting up the edges to check, then flip over and cook for 15 to 20 seconds more. Remove from the pan, add little more butter, and make the next crepe the same way. Continue until you have used all the batter. Pile the crepes up, roll them into a tube, and thinly slice them crosswise into a julienne. Set aside until ready to serve.
• In a food processor fitted with the metal blade, puree the tomatoes for 3 to 4 minutes, pulsing on and off and scraping down the sides of the bowl as necessary untilt he puree is very smooth and watery. Pour the puree into a large saucepan, add the egg whites and the salt and whisk together. Slowly bring the liquid to a boil over medium-high heat, whisking constantly so that the liquid doesn't stick to the bottom of the pot. When the liquid comes to a boil, reduce the heat to very low, so that it just barely simmers, and allow to cook completely undisturbed for 5 minutes.
• Line a sieve with a double-thickness of slightly dampened cheesecloth. Without disturbing the crust of egg white which has formed, slowly pour the soup through the sieve into a clean pan (all the skin and impurities will be left behind, with the egg whites, in the sieve). Drain in the sieve for 15 minutes, then gently reheat just before serving.
• Add pepper to taste and serve in warmed bowls, each one garnished with a little jumbe of the slivered herb crepes.

CLEAR TOMATO-BASIL SOUP

Steps:

• Chop the tomatoes (large dice) and rough chop the basil; place all the ingredients into a blender, in batches, and process only a few seconds so that you get a coarse chop, not a pulp.
• Taste and adjust seasonings.
• Place all the ingredients into a cheesecloth bag that you fashion, and suspend over a bowl for 6 hours or overnight; discard the first few red drops, then the liquid will be clear. Do not squeeze the bag or you will color the liquid.
• Spoon into individual serving bowls and garnish as desired.

CLEAR TOMATO SOUP

Steps:

• Put all the ingredients in a saucepan and cook on medium heat.
• Let it cook to thicken up a little and for the flavors to mature.
• Serve with cheesebread or Croutons.
• I make my cheesebread by taking a slice of white bread with a little mayo, and a thin slice of mozarella or cheddar cheese put under the broiler.
• I make my croutons by cutting day old white bread into squares, sticking it on a cooking sheet at 350 degrees until hard. Then put into a bowl with melted butter and dry basil and oregano. Voila!