Quick soup question

elsien

Planning to use overripe tomatoes to make some tomato soup and I normally put a bit of celery in but I haven’t got any. Any suggestions for an alternative to give it that extra something?

Brie

celery? ewwww!

onion? shallot, peppers? add a bit of chilli?

some good leafy herbs are nice but it's hard to get a nice variety and quantity at this time of year.  Maybe parsley?  With a small amount of basil.

Cairnpapple

Onion is the obvious (I can't eat onion so I go the other way and use celery instead of onion). Porcini or other finely chopped mushroom? Worcestershire sauce?

maman

Peppers are a good alternative to celery. I've seen tomato and red pepper soup in many restaurants. Plenty of recipes online. 

Brie

wondering about carrot.....

But do let us know what you go with and how it works out!!!

-taff

No suggestions beyond a small bit of lovage but in the future, you can chop and freeze celery for soups

goldfinches

Cardamom is unexpectedly good with tomatoes and a squeeze of lime juice on top is jolly nice. I bash the pods open and extract the seeds, then crush them a bit and chuck them into the tomatoes and leave it to simmer away and add the lime juice to taste just before eating.

London_1

How about a dollop of sweet chilli sauce or a good sprinkle of mixed herbs

elsien

Thanks all -  I usually use carrot, onion and celery as a base with some fresh basil thrown in so the carrot and onion are already in there.
I am liking the sound of the cardamom though so may well give that a go.

-taff

It's either @YoungBlueEyes or @ArbitraryRandom who has a recipe for making a heinz-a-like tomato soup. I'ts a tin of beans, a tin of tomatoes [obviousl fresh ones can also be used] and a tin of carrots all whizzed together I think [ my quantities may be off there...

ArbitraryRandom

And a couple of pickled onions (you need the vinegar to make it taste right). 

It's an old slimming world recipe: https://www.strikeapose.co.uk/slimming-world-tomato-soup-that-tastes-just-like-heinz-but-syn-free/

I don't tend to add the carrots and don't notice a difference.