Minty Tomato Soup

Name: Minty Tomato Soup
Prep time: 45 min
Cook time: 45 min
Total time: 45 min
Yield: 4
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 113 grams French bread baguette; 2 Tbsps finely chopped fresh mint; 2 garlic cloves, crushed; 1 teaspoons kosher salt, divided; 118 milliliters packed mint leaves; 3 Tbsps olive oil; 2 kilograms plum tomatoes; 1 teaspoon red wine vinegar

Minty Tomato Soup is a vegetarian soup. This recipe makes 4 servings with 297 calories, 10g of protein, and 14g of fat each. This recipe covers 25% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes about 45 minutes. A mixture of bread baguette, kosher salt, olive oil, and a handful of other ingredients are all it takes to make this recipe so tasty. It can be enjoyed any time, but it is especially good for Autumn.

Instructions

Preheat broiler.

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Broiler

Core tomatoes, and halve crosswise. Working with 1 tomato at a time, squeeze tomato halves over a sieve over a bowl; press sieve gently with the back of a wooden spoon to extract remaining juice, reserving tomato halves and juice. Discard seeds.

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Tomato

Extract

Juice

Seeds

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Wooden Spoon

Sieve

Bowl

Press tomato halves through large holes of a box grater into a large bowl; discard skins.

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Tomato

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Box Grater

Bowl

Add reserved tomato juice to bowl. Stir in 2 tablespoons chopped mint, 1/2 teaspoon salt, and vinegar.

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Tomato Juice

Vinegar

Mint

Salt

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Bowl

Place garlic in a food processor; process until chopped.

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Garlic

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Food Processor

Add 1/2 cup mint leaves and 1/8 teaspoon salt; process until pureed. With the motor running, gradually pour oil through food chute, processing until oil is fully incorporated, scraping sides as necessary.

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Mint

Salt

Cooking Oil

Slice bread crosswise into 8 slices.

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Bread

Spread cream cheese evenly over 1 side of bread slices.

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Cream Cheese

Spread

Bread

Place bread, cheese side up, in a single layer on a baking sheet. Broil 2 minutes or until golden. Ladle about 1 cup soup into each of 4 bowls; divide pesto evenly among bowls.

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Cheese