Garden Fresh Tomato Soup
(low fat, low calorie recipe)


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Adapted from a recipe posted in Food & Wine Magazine, September 2000.

This vivid uncooked soup is a delicious way to use fresh tomatoes from your garden. It would make a great palate cleanser (such as a sorbet) between courses. Serve with a Sauvignon Blanc wine.

Garden Fresh Tomato Soup

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Garden Fresh Tomato Soup

Recipe Type: Soup, Tomatoes
Yields: 6 servings
Prep time: 15 min


Ingredients:

3 large ripe tomatoes, halved crosswise and seeded*
3 teaspoons sherry vinegar
Salt and freshly-ground black pepper

Pinch of granulated sugar
3 tablespoons finely-chopped fresh basil or cilantro leaves
2 tablespoons snipped fresh chives
2 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil

* Fresh vine-ripened tomatoes have the best flavor.


Preparation:

Using a grater over a wide bowl, hold the rounded side of a tomato half and rub the cut side against the large holes of the grater until all that remains is the skin; discard the skin. Repeat with remaining tomato halves.

Stir sherry vinegar into the tomato soup and season with salt, pepper, and a pinch of sugar. Cover and refrigerate until well chilled.

When ready to  serve, stir the soup well and ladle into chilled shallow bowls. Drizzle each serving with 1 teaspoon of olive oil and sprinkle the basil and chives on top. Serve immediately.

Makes 6 servings.

Garden Fresh Soup - Nutritional Information

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Item Amount Fat Grams Calories WW Points
tomatoes 3 large 1 72 0
sherry vinegar 3 teaspoons 0 3 0
olive oil 2 tablespoons 28 240 8
Recipe Totals 29 315 8
         

Recipe Makes 6 servings

Per Serving - 7 Fat Grams, 53 calories, 2 WW Points