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Cream of tomato soup


















Ingredients

For 4
For 100
Tomatoes
350gms
8.5kg
Carrots
115gms
2.8kg
Turnip
30gms
680gms
Onions
30gms
680gms
Butter
30gms
680gms
Refined flour
30gms
680gms
Milk
300ml
7.35litre
Stock
750ml
17.5litre
Pepper
a pinch
15gms
Salt
to taste 
100gms


Clean and cut tomatoes. Chop onions, carrots and turnip. Cover with stock or water. Add seasoning and cook till all vegetables are tender. Put through a sieve to make a puree. Prepare white sauce with milk, flour and butter. Cool. Add puree gradually to the sauce. Reheat, add more seasoning if required and serve hot with fried croutons or chopped parsley.

N. B.      To prepare a cheemato soup: for 4 portions, melt 115gms of grated cheese in 50 ml milk. Reheat soup, add melted cheese. Remove. Garnished with parboiled matchstick-like strips of capsicum. Serve hot.