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Summer Tomato Soup

Summer Tomato Soup is a traditional British recipe for a classic cold summer soup made from a pureed tomato base with diced cucumber and chopped cooked ham. The full recipe is presented here and I hope you enjoy this classic British version of: Summer Tomato Soup.

prep time

180 minutes

cook time

20 minutes

Total Time:

200 minutes

Serves:

6

Rating: 4.5 star rating

Tags : Vegetable RecipesMilk RecipesBritish Recipes



Summer Tomato Soup a Classic British recipe for a cold summer soup of diced cucumber and cooked ham in a tomato base.

Ingredients:

1kg ripe tomatoes
1/2 tsp lemon juice
1/2 tsp onion juice
1/4 cucumber, peeled and diced
1 tbsp sugar
Tabasco sauce, to taste
4 thin slices of cooked ham, finely diced
2 tbsp double cream
parsley sprigs, to garnish

Method


Chop the tomatoes then pass through a fine-meshed sieve to purée. Cover and set the purée aside in the refrigerator for at least 3 hours to chill thoroughly.

When the tomato purée is cold, stir in the lemon juice, onion juice, cucumber, sugar, salt, Tabasco sauce, ham and cream. Mix well then return to the refrigerator and chill for at least 1 hour more.

To serve, spoon into dessert glasses and garnish with a sprig of parsley.