Thread: REC: Quick tomato soup

Victor Sack <[email protected]> wrote:
> That's what was for dinner. The recipe is from
> <http://www.telegraph.co.uk/foodanddr...uick-tomato-so
> up-recipe.html>
> I suspect it is by Xanthe Clay, though this is not explicitly stated
> on the paper's Web site.
>
> The soup does indeed take only a few minutes to prepare, being
> semi-homemade, so to say... I used passata instead of whole tomatoes.
>
> Victor
>
> Quick tomato soup
> Makes four little cupfuls or two bowlfuls
>
> The chilli sauce is optional, but often popular with even small
> children.
>
> 1 tbsp butter
> 1 clove garlic
> 400g tin of tomatoes
> 1 tbsp tomato purée
> A shake of sweet chilli sauce (optional)
> Nutmeg (optional)
>

I wasn't familiar with "passata". Reading up it seems as if it is tomato
puree. However the recipe also calls for a small amount of tomato puree. Are
they the same thing?

MartyB

On Fri, 6 Jan 2012 10:18:00 -0600, "Nunya Bidnits"
<[email protected]> wrote:

>Victor Sack <[email protected]> wrote:
>> That's what was for dinner. The recipe is from
>> <http://www.telegraph.co.uk/foodanddr...uick-tomato-so
>> up-recipe.html>
>> I suspect it is by Xanthe Clay, though this is not explicitly stated
>> on the paper's Web site.
>>
>> The soup does indeed take only a few minutes to prepare, being
>> semi-homemade, so to say... I used passata instead of whole tomatoes.
>>
>> Victor
>>
>> Quick tomato soup
>> Makes four little cupfuls or two bowlfuls
>>
>> The chilli sauce is optional, but often popular with even small
>> children.
>>
>> 1 tbsp butter
>> 1 clove garlic
>> 400g tin of tomatoes
>> 1 tbsp tomato purée
>> A shake of sweet chilli sauce (optional)
>> Nutmeg (optional)
>>
>
>I wasn't familiar with "passata". Reading up it seems as if it is tomato
>puree. However the recipe also calls for a small amount of tomato puree. Are
>they the same thing?

What drug are you on?

Nunya Bidnits <[email protected]> wrote:

> I wasn't familiar with "passata". Reading up it seems as if it is tomato
> puree. However the recipe also calls for a small amount of tomato puree. Are
> they the same thing?

Passata (di pomodoro) is the same product as peeled, tinned whole
tomatoes, but crushed and passed through a sieve. Tomato purée is a
concentrated (usually double or triple) paste.

BTW, your MSOE stripped the "REC:" from the subject of the post.

Victor

Victor Sack <[email protected]> wrote:
> Nunya Bidnits <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>> I wasn't familiar with "passata". Reading up it seems as if it is
>> tomato puree. However the recipe also calls for a small amount of
>> tomato puree. Are they the same thing?
>
> Passata (di pomodoro) is the same product as peeled, tinned whole
> tomatoes, but crushed and passed through a sieve. Tomato purée is a
> concentrated (usually double or triple) paste.

Sounds like what you call puree is what I call tomato paste.

>
> BTW, your MSOE stripped the "REC:" from the subject of the post.

I see that. I think it cues on the colon and thinks it's RE:, which is
supposed to prevent RE:s from stacking up where there are multiple replies.

Nunya Bidnits <[email protected]> wrote:

> Victor Sack <[email protected]> wrote:
> >
> > Passata (di pomodoro) is the same product as peeled, tinned whole
> > tomatoes, but crushed and passed through a sieve. Tomato purée is a
> > concentrated (usually double or triple) paste.
>
> Sounds like what you call puree is what I call tomato paste.

Yes, so it seems.

> > BTW, your MSOE stripped the "REC:" from the subject of the post.
>
> I see that. I think it cues on the colon and thinks it's RE:, which is
> supposed to prevent RE:s from stacking up where there are multiple replies.

There is more to it than that. Outlook Express is deliberately broken.
I explained it before:
<http://groups.google.com/group/rec.food.cooking/msg/ad9c531bc389a284>

Victor