Cold Tomato Buttermilk Soup Food

COLD TOMATO SOUP

Steps:

• Put tomatoes and garlic in a non-reactive bowl and sprinkle with salt. Add 4 tablespoons olive oil, 2 tablespoons vinegar, the black pepper and cayenne. Mix well and leave to macerate for at least 15 minutes, or up to an hour.
• Pulse tomatoes in a food processor or blender until just crushed. Transfer to a strainer or food mill to remove skins and seeds, pressing well to obtain all the juices. You should have about 5 cups. Add enough ice water to yield 6 cups. Stir well, taste and adjust seasoning. Chill on a bowl of ice for 15 minutes or refrigerate for up to several hours.
• Make the pepper relish about 30 minutes before serving: Put diced bell peppers and onions in a small bowl and season with salt and pepper. Add 2 tablespoons olive oil and 1 tablespoon sherry vinegar, mix well and set aside.
• To serve, rub each toast lightly with garlic. Top toasts with thick slices of avocado and season with salt and pepper. Place an avocado toast in each bowl and ladle in about 1 cup of chilled soup per serving. Garnish with a generous spoonful of pepper relish and a sprinkling of parsley and chives.

COLD CUCUMBER BUTTERMILK SOUP

Steps:

• Add coarsely diced cucumber, buttermilk, sour cream, olive oil, salt, and garlic to a blender. Blend until smooth, 2 minutes.
• Transfer the soup to a bowl and refrigerate until chilled, at least 1 hour. (Can be made a day ahead.) For extra chilled soup, put the bowl in the freezer for about 15 minutes before serving.
• Serve topped with finely diced cucumber and tomato, chives, a drizzle of olive oil, and some salt and pepper.

CHILLED BUTTERMILK SOUP

Steps:

• Whisk together buttermilk, sour cream, and salt in a bowl, then stir in remaining ingredients. Chill 15 minutes before serving.

COLD TOMATO-BUTTERMILK SOUP

Steps:

• Combine all ingredients except arugula. Cover, and refrigerate at least 1 hour (or overnight). Stir to recombine. Add arugula, and serve or pour into a thermos.

ROASTED TOMATO AND BUTTERMILK BISQUE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to BROIL.
• Place the tomatoes on a baking sheet and broil for 15 minutes or until tomato skin is blistered, turning every few minutes for even broiling.
• Put the tomatoes in a clean paper bag, seal and sweat for 15-20 minutes or until the skin has loosened.
• Once cool enough to handle, remove the skin and seeds and discard. Chop the tomatoes coarsely. Set aside.
• Warm the olive oil in a sauce pan over low-medium heat. Add the leeks, shallots, carrots and celery. Sauté the mixture, stirring occasionally for about 5 minutes or until vegetables are softened.
• Next add the roasted tomatoes and tomato puree. Sprinkle the flour on the tomatoes and stir to incorporate well.
• Add the stock, cover and simmer until slightly thickened, approximately 20 minutes.
• Once soup has been allowed to thicken, using an immersion blender, puree the soup until smooth. (Alternatively, the soup can be cooled and pureed in a food processor.) Stir in 2 tablespoons of the fresh basil.
• Transfer the soup to a non-reactive large serving bowl. (If you wish the soup can be pureed even further using a sieve and pressing the mixture into the bowl with the use of a wooden spoon).
• Cover soup and refrigerate until well chilled or serve hot.
• To serve, transfer the soup to individual bowls. Divide and add the buttermilk, lightly stirring in leaving a "swirling" effect on top of the soup serving.
• Garnish each serving with a few ribbons of fresh basil.

CHILLED AVOCADO BUTTERMILK SOUP

Steps:

• Cut the avocado in half. Scoop out the flesh and reserve about a third of one half. Set that third aside (if you keep the pit with the avocado it will prevent it from turning brown).
• In a blender mix together the avocado, buttermilk, salt, shallot, cayenne pepper, lime juice, pumpkin seeds and ½ cup water. Blend until completely smooth and then check for consistency. If you want a thinner soup add more water.
• Pour the soup into two glasses or one bowl. Cover with plastic wrap and chill in the refrigerator for at least one hour before serving.
• When the soup is ready to serve, dice the remaining avocado. Garnish the soup with avocado chunks, pumpkin seeds, salt and pepper and a pinch of cayenne (and some fresh herbs if you please). Serve immediately while it is still cold.

CHILLED TOMATO BASIL SOUP

Steps:

• To make the soup:
• In a food processor purée the tomatoes and force the purée through a fine sieve into a saucepan, pressing hard on the solids. In a small bowl stir together the cornstarch and the broth and stir the mixture into the tomato purée. Bring the mixture to a boil, stirring, remove the pan from the heat, and stir in the lemon juice, the sugar, the whole basil leaves, and salt and pepper to taste. Let the soup cool and chill it, covered, for at least 8 hours. The soup may be made 2 days in advance and kept covered and chilled.
• Discard the whole basil leaves, ladle the soup into 6 bowls, and garnish each serving with a dollop of the sour cream and some of the chopped basil. Drizzle the soup with the oil and serve it with the toasts.
• To make the garlic baguette toasts:
• In a small skillet cook the garlic in the oil over moderate heat, stirring, until it begins to turn golden, brush the bread wedges with the oil, and on a baking sheet bake them in the middle of a preheated 375°F. oven for 10 minutes, or until they are golden. Sprinkle the toasts with the salt and break them in half. Makes 12 toasts.

CHILLED ROASTED TOMATO SOUP WITH TARRAGON

Steps:

• Rub tomatoes and red peppers with 1 teaspoons of the oil; roast on a greased, foil lined baking sheet in a 450°F oven for about 40 minutes, turning every 10 minutes, or until blistered and blackened. Let cool enough to handle. Reserving pulp and juices, peel off skins. Discard seeds from the peppers. Set aside.
• Meanwhile, in a saucepan, heat remaining oil over meduim heat; fry onion, carrots and fennel, stirring occassionally, for about 10 minutes or until softened.
• Stir in vegetable stock, 1 cup water, salt and pepper. Tie 4 springs of tarragon together with string; add to soup. Bring to a boil. Reduce heat, cover and simmer for 15 minutes.
• Stir in tomato and red pepper pulp and juices; simmer for 5 minutes. Let cool. Discard tarragon bundle.
• In batches in blender or food processor puree soup until smooth. Transfer to a bowl, whisk in buttermilk. Cover and refrigerate for about 4 hours or until cold.
• Ladle into bowls. Chop remaining tarragon; sprinkle over soup for garnish.