Tomato soup from passata?

misskool

Hi all :wave:

Don't normally post on here but I have some left over passata and am bored of pasta with sauce.

Was just wondering if anyone has a quick and simple way of making tomato soup from it?

Or any other recipe ideas? Thanks very much.

SandiRaRa

I have done a red pepper and tomato soup before using passata. It's not an actual recipe I have written down but it's along these lines.

Cut 2 red peppers in half, grill skin side up until skin is black. Put these into a freezer sandwich bag and let them cool down. Once they are cooked the skins should just peel off.

Heat a pan and fry some onions and garlic until tender (optional).

Add peppers (chopped) and passata and bring to boil.

Season to taste - I usually just add black pepper and a splash of worcester sauce.

That's it easy as. You can blend it if you like, I normally do, or just leave the chunky peppers in.

Whistling_Gypsy

One of my old favourites..chop a spring onion or two and sweat til softened in a smidgeon of olive oil/spray oil. Add the passata and heat thru gently. Add any seasonongs (I like a dash of lea & perrins, a squeeze of lemon and a couple of twists of black pepper - but the world is your oyster here.) If its too thick for your tastes, add some water or leftover stock.
Take off the heat and stir in a spoonful or two of Fromage Frais (or cream if you are blowing the calories!)
Cheap, warming, quick and low cal. Mmmm.

tawnyowls

Seems a kind of expensive way of doing it - a couple of tins of chopped tomatoes, seasoning and lots of basil make a very nice soup (even cheaper if you don't buy the chopped ones).

mah_jong

If a recipe asks for passata, i just whizz some tomatoes up anyway. I have never bought passata (not sure if I have ever seen it), I did this after looking it up on Ask (I dont google, I prefer not follow the pack!!!), where it said it was pulp tomato.

jennybb

Lidl do 500ml cartons for 29p (I think) pretty good value. I thought it was sieved tomato - but I could very easily be wrong!

petrichor

One of my favourite soups is tomato and goat's cheese. OH and I had this in a pub restaraunt and thoroughly enjoyed it, I made a good copy of this as shown below but make it as thick or thin as you prefer.

Sweat 1 medium chopped onion, 1 chopped stick celery and a clove or 2 of garlic in a little olive oil, until soft. Add approx 1ltr stock (vegetable or chicken - I use stock cubes) and a 500gm carton of passata, bring to a simmer for a few minutes. Remove from the heat and blend to a smooth consistency. Add 125gms goat's cheese and blend. Season with salt and frshly ground pepper. Reheat gently.

Quackers

SandiRaRa wrote:

I have done a red pepper and tomato soup before using passata. It's not an actual recipe I have written down but it's along these lines.

Cut 2 red peppers in half, grill skin side up until skin is black. Put these into a freezer sandwich bag and let them cool down. Once they are cooked the skins should just peel off.

Heat a pan and fry some onions and garlic until tender (optional).

Add peppers (chopped) and passata and bring to boil.

Season to taste - I usually just add black pepper and a splash of worcester sauce.

That's it easy as. You can blend it if you like, I normally do, or just leave the chunky peppers in.

I've just made this and its gorgeous. I fried the onions and garlic in some chilli olive oil so it also has a nice 'kick' to it.

I usually make this with fresh tomatoes but as it takes so long it doesn't get made very often even though we both like it. To be honest I'd never thought of using passata until I read this thread so thank OP