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I have a glut of mini tomatoes & have decided to make soup. The skins wont matter if I blend it up (I hope) & I can freeze it. I thought it would be straightforward but each recipee I look at if different, some suggest carrots, some garlic, I had thought just a bit of onion. Any suggestions on what's worked best for you?
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I like my tomato soup quite bland - the packet 'cream of tom' in the kitchen lists more potato starch than tomato powder + a bit of milk. I think I would want something to bulk it up. Carrot could be a good idea, I have made and enjoyed carrot soup. Pubs seem to add coriander (? can't say I'm bothered)
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that's a good point, I can start with my basic idea & add more stuff if needed.
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I think the thing is that unless you have very flavoursome tomatoes, the water content of them can make a soup seem a bit thin in both taste and texture. The additional veg make the texture more soupy, but I always add more flavour too.
I found carrot helps, but I also used to have a recipe that included potato. Neither have strong flavour, so you can just improvise with what you have, along similar lines. I always use a vegetable stock cube, and add both garlic and tomato paste. You can also herb it up with whatever you like to add - basil works nicely.
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Finally made the soup. Huge pile of cherry & redcurrant toms, a v small carrot, bit of cellary, half an onion, half a jalapino, cup of stock. Very yummy & with a little tingle at the end!
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Sounds yummy )like( I've got tomato soup for my lunch but unfortunately its out of a tin {cry} We didn't have so many tomato's this year. Its strange some people have had loads and others not so many!!
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We've had loads of toms this year and I've just made a yummy veg soup of tomatoes, carrots, onion and courgette with mixed herbs and vegetable stock. All blitzed together and it was lovely )t'
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