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Chilled Clear Tomato Juice With Basil And Summer Vegetabl

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INGREDIENTS

1 1/4 kg Over ripe tomatoes
23/4lbs
50 g Chopped basil, 2oz
115 g Chopped chervil, 4oz
3 Sprigs thyme
1 Flat leaf parsley
1 Shallot, finely chopped
125 White wine
Salt and freshly ground
white pepper
1 pn Sugar
More chopped chervil, basil
or tarragon
to garnish
50 g Tomato, 2oz
50 g Carrots, 2oz
50 g Courgette, 2oz
50 g Peeled broad beans, 2oz
50 g Shelled peas, 2oz

INSTRUCTIONS

Destalk the over ripe tomatoes and place them in a large pot or bowl.
Add the chopped herbs, shallots and white wine. Season.  With your
hands, squeeze the tomatoes until they are all crushed.  Place a piece
of muslin in a large bowl and tip the tomato mixture  into this, then
tie up the muslin into a bag. Sit in a colander set  over a bowl in the
fridge overnight.  Next day, strain the resulting juice and chill again
until quite cold.  Prepare the vegetable garnish: Briefly blanch the
tomato, refresh in  iced water, then remove the skin. Halve, deseed and
dice the flesh.  Cook the other vegetables in separate pans of boiling
water until  just tender, then refresh in iced water. Drain and pat dry
. Dice the  courgette, carrot and celeriac.  Adjust the seasoning of
the tomato juice, if it tastes a little  sharp, add a pinch of sugar.
Serve a small amount of the strained jucei in a consomm cup,  garnished
with the chopped tomatoes, cooked diced vegetables and  herbs.
Converted by MC_Buster.  Converted by MM_Buster v2.0l.

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Nutrition (calculated from recipe ingredients)
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Calories: 1028
Calories From Fat: 78
Total Fat: 9.3g
Cholesterol: 0mg
Sodium: 2538.5mg
Potassium: 10958.6mg
Carbohydrates: 224.2g
Fiber: 66.2g
Sugar: 68.4g
Protein: 65.9g


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