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Each summer, Johannes Sailer—chef at Les Abeilles in the Provencal village of Sablet—creates an all-tomato menu. One year he opened the meal with this stunning soup: all red, all fresh, all full of honest tomato flavor. This liquid blend of tomatoes, seasoning, top-quality olive oil, and vinegar makes you fee as though you are drinking your salad!
Ingredients
1-1/2 pounds ripe heirloom tomatoes, cored and quartered (do not peel)
1/2 cup tomato paste
1 tablespoon celery salt
1 teaspoon ground piment d'Espelette or dried Anaheim chili (or ground mild chili pepper)
2 tablespoons best-quality sherry-wine vinegar
3 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil
20 fresh basil leaves
Instructions
Combine all the ingredients with 1-2/3 cups water in a food processor or a blender and purée to a smooth liquid. Taste for seasoning. The soup can be served immediately, but the flavors will benefit from ripening for 3 to 24 hours, refrigerated. At serving time, reblend the soup. Serve in chilled soup bowls.
Excerpted from Vegetable Harvest: Vegetables at the Center of the Plate by Patricia Wells (William Morrow, An Imprint of HarperCollins Publishers, 2007). Copyright 2007 by Patricia Wells.
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