Wednesday, 30 July 2008

chilled tomato soup with rose water


i dont feel like cooking in summer. with cooking i mean: wear an apron. chop up a gazillion things. stir a risotto or mess around with caketins. why turn the oven on when the sun is shining in full blast? i am more like the "whizzitallupinasecond" type of cook at the moment.
but still... it should be delicious. like a chilled tomato soup. what better time to buy tomatoes than right now? they are sunnkissed, full of flavour and dont need much to enhance their flavour.
my friend tanja grandits (who cooks at this kick-ass restaurant here) had this brilliand idea to add just a teaspoon or two of rosewater to her chilled tomato soup and what can i say: it's so delicous, it makes you wanna dip your head into the soupbowl and just drink it all up! slurp! yum!


RECIPE

8 ripe tomatoes, skin off
200ml tomato juice
2 teaspoon of tomatopurée
1 tablespoon of runny honey
1 teaspoon of salt
1 garlic clove, diced
2 shallots, chopped up
1 pinch of cinnamon
some fennel seeds, freshly ground
1 pinch of cayenne
2 tablespoons of rosewater

to garnish:
some creme fraiche
fresh peppermint, oregano or basil


take 3 tomatoes, take seeds out and chop up into small little cubes. set aside.
chop up rest of tomatoes, mix with all the other ingredients and let stand in the fridge for about half an hour. then whizz it all up in your blender, pass through a sieve and chill in the fridge.
add small little tomato-cubes and serve in small soupbowls or a glass. garnish with some creme fraiche and peppermint.

12 comments:

  1. I'd be afraid to put a spoon in that bowl of soup - the design is too pretty, haha :0)

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  2. Fascinating! I cannot really imagine tomato soup and rosewater together, but I trust your opinion. There's obviously no excuse for not making this ;)

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  3. That soup is absolutely gorgeous! I love the color! And the combination is crazy, but it sounds tasty none-the-less!

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  4. hi veggiegirl. dontchaworry. the creme fraiche makes a wonderful colour when you mix it all up.

    pille - it's just a little rosewater and it makes the soup... oh hard to find a word... lovely... summery... fresh and silky... does that help?

    jes. i know crazy combination but works. the rosewater brings out the tomato flavour big time. give it a try.

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  5. oh this sounds delicious! and the color is amazing!!

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  6. That is so pretty!

    And we're always looking for ways to use that bottle of rosewater; nice!

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  7. Sounds amazingly delicious and what a presentation!

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  8. Interesting!
    I just can't see it...but it wouldn't stop me trying!

    Nice one!

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  9. That bold red is gorgeous! looks delicious. And what a cute little bowl:)

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  10. I'm going to try it now and yes, I am nervous about the rose water, but it has certainly given me food for thought. Since all food needs to be eaten, we're going to make it in the middle of the Cape Town winter. (Seeing as our winter are extremely mild here, why not?).

    Hold thumbs.

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  11. The red color gives so much energy to this soup! And adding the rose water, I am sure, takes it to the next level.

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  12. Hmm, something I would have to taste to really know if I liked it or not. Love them both separately, though! Beautiful presentation.

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