Tomato Soup with Seafood

⏳ Time

1 hour

🥕 Ingredients

🍽️ Servings

Description

Tomato soup is one of the most popular culinary genres in the world. When this issue was being prepared for publication, there were a staggering 146 distinct recipes for tomato soup on a popular food website — spicy, sweet, sour, hot, and cold. This particular recipe is one of the best among original creations, having made it into the top ten winners of a home recipe contest called 'Your Food'.

Ingredients

Tomatoes - 5 pieces
Spanish onions - ½ pieces
Orange Bell Peppers - 1 piece
Fresh basil leaves - 8 pieces
Garlic - 1 clove
Carrot - ¾ pieces
Olive Oil - 2 spoons
Balsamic Vinegar - 2 spoons
Crushed Tomatoes in Their Own Juice - 2 lbs
TABASCO® - to taste
Salt - to taste
Ground Nutmeg - to taste
Taco seasoning mix - to taste
Ground Black Pepper - to taste
Mild Chili Spice - ½ pieces
Mussels - to taste
Apple Wine - 7 fl oz
King Prawns - 2 lbs
White bread - 6 pieces
Grated Pecorino Pepato Cheese - 3.5 oz

Step by Step guide

Step 1

Blanch the tomatoes, peel them, and dice them. Remove the seeds and membranes from the red pepper and also dice it. Peel and chop the carrot, garlic, and onion. In a skillet, heat a tablespoon of olive oil and sauté all the vegetables.

Step 2

Transfer the sautéed vegetables to a blender, add the flesh of canned tomatoes, basil leaves, a dash of Tabasco, balsamic vinegar, salt, ground nutmeg, Italian herbs, ground black pepper, a glass of white wine, and half a chili pepper. Blend until smooth.

Step 3

Pour the resulting fragrant vegetable puree into a small saucepan and place it over heat. Bring to a gentle simmer and let it cook for ten minutes.

Step 4

In the remaining tablespoon of olive oil, sauté the shrimp and mussels in the skillet (discard any mussels that do not open). Lightly season with salt and add a pinch of Italian herbs for flavor.

Step 5

Remove the finished soup from the heat and ladle it into bowls. Add shrimp and mussels to each serving, and sprinkle generously with grated cheese. Optionally, you can drizzle a small amount of balsamic vinegar over the soup.