Cold Vegetable Soup with Basil

Name: Cold Vegetable Soup with Basil (Potage froid des meilleurs légumes du potager)
Cuisine: French
Ingredients: 900 g (2 lb) ripe red tomatoes, seeded and diced; 200 g (7 oz) cucumber, seeded and diced; 50 g (2 oz) onion, finely diced; 50 g (2 oz) red pepper, cored and diced; 1 clove of garlic, skinned and crushed; 25 g (1 oz) fresh brown breadcrumbs; 40 ml (8 tsp) red wine vinegar; 225 ml (8 fl. oz) vegetable stock; a few sprigs of oregano; 16 basil leaves; salt and freshly ground pepper; salt and freshly ground pepper

Potage froid des meilleurs légumes du potager

Preparation info

4
people

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

Cuisine Naturelle

By Anton Mosimann

Published 1985

About

Ingredients

900 g (2 lb) ripe red tomatoes, seeded and diced
200 g (7

Europe
Switzerland
France
Soup
Vegan

Method

Mix together the tomatoes, cucumber, onion, red pepper, garlic and breadcrumbs.
Add the vinegar, stock, oregano and twelve of the basil leaves.
Marinate for 12 hours.
Liquidize to a purée, and season to taste.
Serve cold, garnished with the remaining basil leaves.