Chilled tomato soup with rose harissa

Chilled tomato soup with rose harissa

By Alexander Ferreira
15’ Prep time
0’ Cook time
15’ Total time
343 Calories
4 Serving

Summary

Perfect as a light lunch or supper, the gentle warmth of rose harissa offers complex spicy backnotes to the sweet flavour of jack hawkins tomatoes.
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Step by Step

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Step 1

Put the bread into a bowl, then pour over 100ml very cold water and leave to soak for 5 minutes. Roughly chop 4 tomatoes and place in a blender with the soaked bread, garlic and a generous pinch of sea salt flakes. Blend until smooth and soupy.
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Step 2

Spoon the vinegar, 2 tbsp harissa and all but 1 tbsp of the olive oil into the tomato and bread mix, then blend again until silky smooth, thinning with a little more very cold water if necessary. Chill the soup for at least 1 hour.
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Step 3

Finely dice the remaining tomato, season with a pinch of sea salt flakes, then dress with the remaining 1 tbsp olive oil, 1 tbsp harissa, the parsley and the chilli (if using). Stir together until fully combined.
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Step 4

Divide the soup between 4 chilled bowls and spoon over the dressed tomatoes. Serve immediately, with more bread.

Ingredient

  • Garlic clove
    Garlic clove
    2 clove/s
  • Red chilli
    Red chilli
    1
  • Tomatoes
    Tomatoes
    5
  • Red wine vinegar
    Red wine vinegar
    2 tbsp
  • Extra virgin olive oil
    Extra virgin olive oil
    100 mls
  • Ciabatta
    Ciabatta
    350 grams
  • 25g pack flat leaf parsley
    25g pack flat leaf parsley
    25 grams
  • Cooks’ ingredients ruby rose harissa paste
    Cooks’ ingredients ruby rose harissa paste
    3 tbsp
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