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Tomato, lemon, and celery soup

Serve this tasty tomato, lemon and celery soup either cold or re-heated.

Ingredients

2 tablespoons olive oil (or butter)
2 onion (medium sized, chopped)
1 celery (leaves included, cut into chunks)
1 lemon (grated rind and juice)
6 tomato (fresh, quartered)
3 cups broth (vegetable broth)
1 teaspoon sugar
  seasoning (salt and pepper to taste)

Instructions

heat the oil in a pan, add onions and cook for 5 minutes on a low heat. Add celery and cook for a further 2-3 minutes. Don't allow the onion to turn brown.

Put lemon rind, lemon juice, tomatoes and broth into the pan. Bring to a boil and simmer for 30 minutes, incorporating the sugar after 10-15 minutes.

Remove from the heat. Allow to cool a little and liquidize, season with salt and pepper.

Yield
4 servings
Preparation time 15 minutes
Cooking time 45 minutes
Total time
1 hour

Notes

If you don't have fresh tomatoes, substitute 6 fresh tomatoes with 1 can (15 oz) tomatoes.

Non vegetarian may try this recipe substituting 2 tablespoons of oil with 2 tablespoons butter, and vegetable broth with the same amount of chicken stock.

Source

International cuisine

simmer, very easy
soups, appetizers, comfort food
International food recipes
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