My daughter Isabel spent last weekend at the country house of a classmate and she came with her hands full of tomatoes, onions, raisins, hazelnuts… and stories.
Milla de Tera, is a beautiful village in the municipality of Vega de Tera, Zamora. It is so so tiny that its population last year was only 77 people…
But according to Isabel it is lovely and she enjoyed her time bicycling, picking tomatoes, apples and berries.
Sunday afternoon she arrived with tons of tomatoes; so I’ve been cooking everything with tomato this week: Omelets with tomato, chicken with tomatoes, gazpacho, salmorejo, salads (of course) and finally I’ve made this cold soup, so easy to do and delicious that I’ve decided to share it with you. There’s still some tomatoes left… any suggestion?
Ingredients
Soup
2 kg tomatoes 50 ml extra virgin olive oil SaltBasil oil
150 ml olive oil 10 branches of basil SaltDirections
Chop the tomatoes and blend with oil and a pinch of salt. Pass the cream through a sieve. Add water to lighten it if you want and cool in the fridge.
For the basil oil, blend basil with oil and a pinch of salt and strain.
Serve in a small bowl with a drizzle of oil. You can add mozzarella cheese too.
Enjoy!
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What a delicuois an simple tomato soup!!! The basil olive oil is just amazing!!!! Looks great!!!!
Thank you Ambrosiana, I’m glad you liked.
Perfect – I think tomatoes must be my very favourite food above any thing else! Love the photos – we passed through Zamora last weekend but not this village. Shame we didn´´t hear about it first!
Thanks Tanya, yes is a shame I didn’t post this before your trip. I’m glad you like the post.
This soup looks so delicious and refreshing. A great way to take advantage of the tomato harvest.
Hi John, thanks for the comment. The soup tastes great and is soo easy to do.
Simple perfection! Nothing is better than fresh tomatoes and basil! And what a nice surprise to add a few chunks of mozzarello!
Thanks for the comment! I’m glad you like the recipe.
what a lovely summer dish – something I can look forward to 🙂
Thanks Tandy for your comment!
Wow. So yummy. 🙂
Gracias 🙂