tomato soup Majorca

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Mayorquina

 

Recipe By :Elizabeth David, Classics: Mediterranean Food

Serving Size : 6 Preparation Time :0:00

Categories : Soups

 

Amount Measure Ingredient -- Preparation Method

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6 cloves garlic -- or to taste

2 medium Spanish onions

1 red pimento

1/2 pound ripe tomatoes

2 ounces leeks

1 small cabbage -- the heart

1 thyme branch

1 bay leaf -- chopped

1 clove

1 tablespoon olive oil

6 cups water -- more or less

6 ounces whole-grain bread

1 teaspoon olive oil

pepper

 

Clean and chop all these ingredients and peel the tomatoes. Put oil into a pan,

which should not be so large that the oil disappears at the bottom, and when it

is warmed put in the finely chopped garlic, then the onions and the leeks. Let

this simmer gently for 10 min., stirring with a wooden spoon so that the

vegetables melt but do not brown. Now add the peeled and sliced tomatoes and

the pimento cut into strips, simmer and stir for another 15 min. Now slowly add

about 2-1/2 to 3 pints of hot water and bring to a boil, adding the chopped

cabbage, thyme, clove, bay leaf, salt and pepper. Cover, leaving it to simmer

for 1+1/2 to 2 hours.

 

In the soup tureen place several large slices of brown or wholemeal bread.

Before serving, stir in a tablespoon of fresh olive oil and do not allow the

soup to boil again. Pour it over the bread in the tureen, and be sure to have a

peppermill on the table so that each guest can season his soup to his own taste.

 

 

Description:

" When the tomatoes are ripe, try this vegetable soup with bread; Recipe from

French Country Cooking: Summer "

Cuisine:

" French "

Yield:

" 7 1/2 cups "

 

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Per serving: 141 Calories (kcal); 5g Total Fat; (28% calories from fat); 4g

Protein; 23g Carbohydrate; 0mg Cholesterol; 169mg Sodium

Food Exchanges: 1 Grain(Starch); 0 Lean Meat; 1 1/2 Vegetable; 0 Fruit; 1 Fat; 0

Other Carbohydrates

 

NOTES : Majorca once belonged to the Catalan province where the castle of the

Kings of Majorca is still to be seen. This traditional soup probably dates from

those days. It has all the characteristics of the combined French and Spanish

cooking of this region.

Nutr. Assoc. : 0 0 4487 0 0 0 1492 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

 

 

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