Chilled Tomato Soup with Guacamole
Craving chips with salsa and guac, but want to keep it healthy? Try this chilled tomato soup with guacamole, made with fresh summer vegetable and herbs!
Chilled Tomato Soup with Guacamole
Chilled Tomato Soup with Guacamole
Recipe Type: Soup
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Ingredients
- [b]For the soup:[/b]
- 2 tablespoons extra virgin olive oil
- 1/2 medium Spanish onion, chopped
- 1 celery stalk, chopped
- 1/2 fennel bulb
- 1 red bell pepper, seeds and ribs removed, chopped
- 4 garlic cloves, chopped
- 1 bouquet garni (1 thyme sprig, 1 rosemary sprig, 2 parsley sprigs, and 3 basil sprigs, all tied together with kitchen twine)
- 8 large, very ripe beefsteak tomatoes, cut into 8 pieces each
- Fine sea salt
- Freshly ground white pepper
- 4 drops Tabasco sauce
- 1/4 teaspoon celery salt
- [b]For the guacamole:[/b]
- 1/2 ripe avocado, coarsely chopped
- Grated zest and juice of 1/2 lime
- 1 tablespoon finely chopped red onion
- 1/2 jalapeño pepper, seeds and ribs removed, finely chopped
- 1/4 red bell pepper, peeled, seeded, and finely chopped
- 1 cilantro sprig, chopped
- Fine sea salt
- Freshly ground white pepper
- 20 basil leaves (for garnish)
Instructions
- Heat the olive oil in a stockpot over medium-high heat. Add the onion, celery, fennel, bell pepper, and garlic. Cook for 10 minutes, until very soft. Do not let the vegetables brown.
- Add the bouquet garni, tomatoes, and 2 1/2 cups water. Bring to a boil and cook for 15 minutes, or until the tomatoes have softened. Season with salt and pepper.
- While the soup is cooking, fill a large pot with very cold water and ice cubes to make an ice water bath. When the soup is ready, place the stockpot in the ice water bath to cool. Remove the bouquet garni.
- When the soup has cooled, transfer it to a blender and puree until smooth.
- Pass the purée through a fine-mesh strainer into a bowl.
- Add the Tabasco sauce and celery salt, and season to taste with salt and pepper. Set the soup aside.
- Place the avocado in a small bowl and mash it with a fork until smooth.
- Stir in the lime zest and juice, red onion, jalapeño, bell pepper, and cilantro, and season with salt and pepper.
- Ladle the chilled soup into 20 small glasses or bowls. Place a spoonful of the guacamole in the center of each one, and garnish with a basil leaf. Arrange on a platter, and serve cold.
Notes
Yields 20 small glasses/bowls.
Thank you to Francois Payard for sharing this delightful summer soup.
