Name: Tomato, lemon, and celery soup
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 45 min
Total time: 1 h
Yield: 4
Cuisine: International
Ingredients: 2 tablespoons olive oil (or butter); 2 onion (medium sized, chopped); 1 celery (leaves included, cut into chunks); 1 lemon (grated rind and juice); 6 tomato (fresh, quartered); 3 cups broth (vegetable broth); 1 teaspoon sugar; seasoning (salt and pepper to taste)

Serve this tasty tomato, lemon and celery soup either cold or re-heated.

Ingredients

2 tablespoons olive oil (or butter)

2 onion (medium sized, chopped)

1 celery (leaves included, cut into chunks)

1 lemon (grated rind and juice)

6 tomato (fresh, quartered)

3 cups broth (vegetable broth)

1 teaspoon sugar

seasoning (salt and pepper to taste)

Instructions

heat the oil in a pan, add onions and cook for 5 minutes on a low heat. Add celery and cook for a further 2-3 minutes. Don't allow the onion to turn brown.

Put lemon rind, lemon juice, tomatoes and broth into the pan. Bring to a boil and simmer for 30 minutes, incorporating the sugar after 10-15 minutes.

Remove from the heat. Allow to cool a little and liquidize, season with salt and pepper.

A bowl of tomato soup decorated with basil leaves.

Yield

4 servings

Preparation time 15 minutes

Cooking time 45 minutes

Total time

1 hour

Notes

If you don't have fresh tomatoes, substitute 6 fresh tomatoes with 1 can (15 oz) tomatoes.

Non vegetarian may try this recipe substituting 2 tablespoons of oil with 2 tablespoons butter, and vegetable broth with the same amount of chicken stock.

Source

International cuisine

simmer, very easy

soups, appetizers, comfort food

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