I Say Tomato, You Soy Tomato Soup
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Prep: 10 mins
Cook: 30 mins
Fred and ginger? Try a tomato and ginger tango in this soup. Beautiful stuff, with a good glug of salty tamari to add umami (that's the fifth taste to the uninitiated).
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  • 1 tbsp olive oil
  • Sea salt
  • Freshly ground pepper
  • 700ml boiling water
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  • 1.

    Heat the oven to 200°C/180°C/Gas 6. Arrange the tomatoes on a baking tray. Halve any large tomatoes. Roast for 30 mins till the tomatoes are soft and charred.

  • 2.

    While the veg roast, halve the onion. Peel and dice it. Peel your carrot. Finely dice it. Finely dice the celery.

  • 3.

    Set a pan over high heat. Add 1/2 tbsp oil. Stir in your veg and season with salt and pepper. Gently fry for 5-8 mins till the veg have softened.

  • 4.

    Crumble in the stock cub and pour in 700ml boiling water. Pop on a lid. Simmer for 15 mins.

  • 5.

    Tumble the tomatoes, onion and any juice for the tray into a blender. Add a peeled 1cm thick slice of the ginger and the veg and stock from the pan with 1 tbsp of the tamari. Whizz till smooth (or you can tip the tomatoes into the pan and use a hand-held blender to blitz the soup).

  • 6.

    Ladle the soup into warm bowls and drizzle with 1 tsp tamari each before serving.

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