Tomato Soup

jackieglasgow

Just had an additional thought, have you tried making your own veg stock? I don't I just use cubes (not Knorr which are too salty) or Gallo Boullion, the stock you use might be affecting the other recipes.

Jolaaled

jackieglasgow wrote: »

Here you are:

5oz butter or marg
10oz diced onion
10oz diced carrot
5oz celery (optional)
5oz flour
10oz tomato puree
6 pints stock
bouquet garni, salt and pepper

100ml vinegar
1 1/2 oz cater sugar

melt the butter and sweat the veg in it until golden brown
mix in the flour and cook til it looks sandy
take off the heat and add the tomato puree, mix well
return to the heat and gradually add the hot stock, as you would making a white sauce
bring to the boil, stirring continuously, add the bouquet garni, season
reduce to a simmer for one hour, skimming the surface as and when required
remover the bouquet garni and the veg
liquidise and return to the pan, and season to taste,

reduce the vinegar and sugar to a light caramel and add to the soup for that authentic sweet and sour tang

serve with a swirl of cream if required.

This is my Ds2's favourite soup.

Wow..thanks, Jackie! Will give this a try..looks good and not to tricky either!

Jolaaled

jackieglasgow wrote: »

Just had an additional thought, have you tried making your own veg stock? I don't I just use cubes (not Knorr which are too salty) or Gallo Boullion, the stock you use might be affecting the other recipes.

Jackie....do you have a recipe for this too?? How do you store it??
thanks!

jackieglasgow

Two different stocks

light stock is 10oz each o7 onion carrots leeks and celery and 7 1/2 pints of water
roughly chop the veg, put into cold water and bring to the boil. Simmer for about an hour, and skim the top as required, strain and use. I store it in the freezer in old ice cream tubs.

brown stock is a little more involved. Same veg as before, and also 5oz of skinned chopped tomatoes or tinned if you prefer(drained though) 5oz of mushrooms (I save the end and stalks of mushrooms in a bow in the freezer for this, although I don't make it often)and six peppercorns

7pints of water and a half oz of yeast extract (marmite, vegemite) and 6oz of sunflower oil

chop veg, fry in oil until golden brown. Drain them and put into stock pot, add tomatoes, mushrooms and peppercorns and water, bring to the boil, add the yeast once boiling and simmer for, yes you've guessed it, one hour. Skim as required and strain before use.

I am lazy though, and don't make stock nearly often enough. I like the dark one for scotch broth, and onion soup.

Penelope_Penguin

I believe that the trick to immitating Heinz tomato is lots of carrots

I'll add this to the Heinz tomato thread later.

jackieglasgow

Is there a thread, I didn't know :rotfl: That would have saved me lots of typing. Carrots aren't the secret, try my recipe PenPen

Penelope_Penguin

jackieglasgow wrote: »

Is there a thread, I didn't know :rotfl: That would have saved me lots of typing. Carrots aren't the secret, try my recipe PenPen

Sorry, my memory playing me up I thought we had a dedicated HTS thread, but I can only find a tomato soup thread Search for "Heinz" in there and there are other suggestions.

As for the carrot, I don't want to mimic a commercial soup - I make roasted tomato and red pepper if I have tomamtoes to use I was just passing on what I'd read on here about the carrots :whistle: Maybe I shouldn;t believe all I read on OS :rotfl:

jackieglasgow

Lol, I don't know if mine tastes like heinz, exactly but its a delicious cream of tomato soup. Honestly, its lovely. For an omnivore like yourself, add some bacon bits to the veg when frying off at the start

I love tomato and pepper soup, you've just reminded me I have a box of roasted tomatoes and peppers in the freezer to use use. Yum!

Jolaaled

jackieglasgow wrote: »

Is there a thread, I didn't know :rotfl: That would have saved me lots of typing. Carrots aren't the secret, try my recipe PenPen

I looked on the old thread, but wanted a veggie version (no chicken stock) so, jackie, you've been really helpful and definitely worth typing it out. THANK YOU!!

mrs.butler

Morning all, just been lucky enough to be given 15 lovely ripe tomatoes on the vine. Does someone have a basic tomato soup recipe they would be king enough to give me? x