Spicy Chilled Tomato and Vodka Soup
published by lanne on Mar 18, 2008
The perfect starter for outdoor dining.
Ingredients
- 1 ½ lbs fresh Italian (Roma) tomatoes
- 3 green onions
- 3 celery stalks
- 1 Jalapeño pepper
- 2 ½ tsp lemon juice
- 1 ½ cups tomato juice
- 1 1/4 cups Vodka
- Salt and fresh pepper
- 1/4 cup finely chopped chives
- fresh parsley for garnish
- Tabasco Sauce (optional)
Method
- Remove tomato skins ( submerse them into boiling water for one minute, let cool then peel skins off).
- Remove insides of the tomatoes and discard.
- Chop up tomato pulp.
- Put tomato pieces, celery, jalapeño, chives and celery in blender and blend until smooth.
- Add tomato juice and Vodka and blend a little more.
- Season with salt and pepper and serve chilled with a parsley sprig as garnish.
# 1 by Dee Huff
March 18th, 2008 at 11:46 am #
Sounds like my kind of soup (hic!). Forget the bowl and shpoon, just pour it into a cocktail glash pleash.
# 2 by Darlene McFarlane
March 18th, 2008 at 12:44 pm #
This sounds really good. Where do you come up with such interesting and different ideas??
# 3 by Joe Poniatowski
March 18th, 2008 at 12:59 pm #
Sounds great! So when are you having us over?
# 4 by Gerlaine
March 21st, 2008 at 7:50 pm #
Vodka soup? I’m there!