I’m attending a dinner party this evening and was asked to bring a soup. While looking at the Saveur website recently, as I often do, I came across this recipe for Gazpacho Andaluz. After wandering around in the sun in search of sherry vinegar and the perfect country-style bread to thicken the soup I came home and set to it.
The soup turned out quite well. I am curious if there is any good way to seed a tomato that one of you might know of? I felt like I was wasting nearly half of each with my method. Is this just how it is? In the future I might simply chop the tomatoes and add them, seeds and all, to the food processor and remove them by way of the straining process later in the recipe. Also, I might add a hint of garlic (ooh, or roasted garlic would be even better if you are serving this in cool months like me) and a small bit of onion to the mixture before processing. Overall, I am pleased with this recipe and I am greatly anticipating dinner in a few hours!
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Jennifer - The best way I have found to get pesky seeds out of your tomato dishes (especially soups) without losing half the fruit is to boil the tomatoes and pass then through a seive when they are still hot. I generally just quarter them and toss them straight into a pot on high. There is so much water in the fruit that it turns very soupy on its own very quickly, and you dont need to mess with your proportions by adding more water. When they have been boiled to mush, which takes just a few minutes, i just poor them in bit by bit into a wire mesh seive and work them through with the back of a wooden spoon. It adds an extra step, but really doesn’t take all that much time or energy to do.
Anne - Another way to seed a tomato is to cut it in half and then cut each half into 3 equal wedges…use your knife to cut under the seeds from one end of the wedge to the other. Works for me!
patrick - cut a tomato in half width-wise and squeeze. this gets out most of the seeds. it gets them all out if the tomato’s slightly cooked.
what was the bread accompaniment?
gemma - Thanks for the good ideas. I will try them out soon!