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Recipe

Tomato cold soup

(Salmorejo)

Difficulty: Easy  

 

  • Tomato cold soup. Photo by: Toya Legido/©ICEX.

    Tomato cold soup. Photo by: Toya Legido/©ICEX.

Wine Match
Federico Oldenburg/©ICEX

An Amontillado sherry, with its complex flavors and persistence, is the best possible partner for this delicious cold dip that contains two ingredients that are always difficult to partner – tomato and vinegar.

Ingredients
Metric System Units

Ing Tomato cold soup. Salmorejo:
1 kg day old bread
1 kg ripe tomatoes
300 gr serrano ham
2 hard-boiled eggs
virgin olive oil
3 or 4 tbsp wine vinegar
2 garlic cloves
salt

Imperial UK Units

Ing Tomato cold soup. Salmorejo:
2 lb day old bread
2 lb ripe tomatoes
10.625 oz serrano ham
2 hard-boiled eggs
virgin olive oil
3 or 4 tbsp wine vinegar
2 garlic cloves
salt

US Units

Ing Tomato cold soup. Salmorejo:
2.25 lb day old bread
2.25 lb ripe tomatoes
1.25 cup serrano ham
2 hard-boiled eggs
virgin olive oil
3 or 4 tbsp wine vinegar
2 garlic cloves
salt

     
     
     
Preparation

Moisten the bread and cut into small pieces. Place in a blender with the tomatoes, oil, vinegar, garlic and salt and blend until creamy.

Preparation: Escuela Superior de Hostelería y Turismo de Madrid

Presentation

A little serrano ham and chopped hard-boiled egg can be sprinkled over each serving.

Nutritional Facts

Energy (kcal): 800
Energy (kJ): 3,347
Protein (g): 25.2
Fat (g): 25.6
Carbohydrates (g): 124.8
Iron (mg): 5.9
Thiamine (mg): 0.5
Vitamin C (mg): 51.9

Information provided by: The Spanish Nutrition Foundation (FEN)
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