Tomato Gazpacho with Pastis
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Difficulty:
easy
Difficulty
Preparation:
35 min.
Preparation
ready in 3 h. 10 min.
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Ingredients
for
4
- Ingredients
- 600 grams fully ripe Tomatoes
- 100 grams Celery root
- 1 shallot
- 1 garlic clove
- 1 chili pepper
- 2 Tbsps olive oil
- ½ tsp Anise seed
- 800 milliliters Broth
- 1 handful Basil
- 4 centiliters Pastis
- 1 pinch sugar
- salt
Preparation steps
1.
Rinse the tomatoes, remove the core, and coarsely chop. Peel and dice the celery, shallot, and garlic. Rinse and halve the chili. Trim and coarsely chop. Sauté the celery with the shallots, garlic, and chili in the oil. Mix in the aniseeed, and pour in the broth. Add the tomatoes, and simmer gently for 30 minutes. Mix in the remaining ingredients (minus some basil leaves for garnish) during the last 10 minutes of cooking. If necessary, add more broth.
2.
Pass through a fine strainer. Depending on the consistency of the soup, add more broth or reduce the soup. Mix in the pastis, and season to taste with salt and sugar. Cool the soup completely in the refrigerator.
3.
Adjust the seasoning if necessary, garnish with the basil, and serve.
