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Debbie Pribele
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Tomato Soup from scratch
Today was a tomato soup day and I have freeze-dried tomatoes in the pantry!
The Ingredients
- Oil & butter for sautéing
- 2 onions, finely chopped
- 1 whole bulb of garlic
- Salt (I used salt with freeze-dried wild garlic leaves in it)
- 2 pints of freeze-dried tomatoes
- 1/2 pint of freeze-dried yoghurt
- 1/2 pint milk
- Water (to make desired consistency)
- Freeze-dried kale
How I made my tomato soup
- Sauté onions
- Add salt to help release flavours
- While onions are cooking, peel and chop garlic and let sit, releasing the wellness properties
- Add garlic to onions
- Put tomatoes, yoghurt, and milk into a bowl and mix til reconstituted
- Add to soup
- Add water to desired consistency
- Purée (someone hid my immersion blender, so I had to skip this step)
- Sprinkle on powdered, freeze-dried kale - sneaking in those extra nutrients
- Season with salt and pepper to taste
- Serve with sourdough bread or grilled cheese sandwiches (or leftover pizza, like we had)
The tomatoes
For the tomatoes, at harvest time, I just washed them and pureed them in a food processor, and, then, freeze-dried them.
To store them, I vacuum-sealed them in mason jars (no oxygen absorbers, as I was using them within the year or two.)
To store them, I vacuum-sealed them in mason jars (no oxygen absorbers, as I was using them within the year or two.)
The taste-test
I don’t like tomato soup - but I loved this!! Maybe it was because I didn’t purée it and I had chunks of onion.
Maybe it was because it was freshly harvested tomatoes that were freeze-dried and then used in the soup.
Maybe it was because I had made it myself, cooking from scratch.
Maybe it is because I consider myself a homesteader now and we grow our own food (at least some of it) and we eat what we harvest.
I’d love to see how you make tomato soup!
- Debbie
Maybe it was because it was freshly harvested tomatoes that were freeze-dried and then used in the soup.
Maybe it was because I had made it myself, cooking from scratch.
Maybe it is because I consider myself a homesteader now and we grow our own food (at least some of it) and we eat what we harvest.
I’d love to see how you make tomato soup!
- Debbie
Shopping
These products are what I use and all opinions expressed here are my own. This list may contain affiliate links from which, at no additional cost to you, I may earn a small commission if you choose to use my link … and if you do, know that I appreciate you!
- Harvest Right Freeze-Dryer: the company has a referral program. I’d gladly share all that I’ve learned with you and be your referral person (and get you some free Mylar bags!). Message me.
- Dutch Oven (cast iron 6-quart)
- Kuraidori induction cook top
- Wooden Spurtle Utensils
- Ninja blender
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