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November 2, 2020

Roasted Tomato Soup

Recipe: David Hawksworth

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Try this Roasted Tomato Soup recipe from the new cookbook, Hawksworth.

For the opening of Bel Café, we wanted to do some menu items that absolutely everybody would like: from travellers staying in the hotel to locals working at a desk nearby. Something that’s light and fresh, rich but vegetarian — vegan even. It had to be tomato soup. This is just a simple purée, but it works.

Ingredients

  • 20 Roma tomatoes, halved
  • Olive oil, for drizzling
  • 30 g (2 1⁄2 tbsp) sugar
  • Salt
  • 30 mL (2 tbsp) vegetable oil
  • 1 small onion, diced
  • 3 cloves garlic, sliced
  • 1 stalk celery, diced
  • 1 carrot, peeled and diced
  • 1⁄2 fennel bulb, diced
  • 1⁄2 Thai chili, seeded
  • 30 g (2 tbsp) tomato paste
  • 30 mL (2 tbsp) balsamic vinegar
  • 1⁄4 bunch basil
  • 1⁄4 bunch parsley
  • Pepper

Directions

Yield: Serves 6

  1. Preheat the oven to 200°C (400°F).
  2. Season the tomatoes with a drizzle of olive oil, the sugar and a generous sprinkling of salt. Roast on a baking tray lined with parchment paper until the skins burst open and a little color has developed, about 15 minutes.
  3. Heat the vegetable oil in a large pot over medium heat, and sweat the onion and garlic until translucent, about 5 minutes. Add the celery, carrot, fennel and chili, and increase the heat. Sauté until the vegetables have a bit of colour, about 5 minutes.
  4. Add the tomato paste and continue to cook, stirring continuously, until the paste has caramelized, about 5 minutes. Season with salt. Add the roasted tomatoes. Add just enough water to cover and an extra pinch of sugar and salt. Bring to a boil then lower the heat and simmer until all the vegetables are very soft, about 30 minutes.
  5. Add the balsamic vinegar and herbs and let steep for 5 minutes. Blend in batches in a high-speed blender until smooth. Season with salt.
  6. Enjoy with a drizzle of good-quality olive oil and cracked black pepper.
Source:

Excerpted from Hawksworth by David Hawksworth, Jacob Richler and Stéphanie Nöel. Copyright © 2020 David Hawksworth. Photography by Clinton Hussey. Published by Appetite by Random House®, a division of Penguin Random House Canada Limited. Reproduced by arrangement with the Publisher. All rights reserved.

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