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Tomato and Orange Soup: An Easy Recipe

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Tomato and orange are a surprisingly good combination of flavours. The zingy citrus flavours of the orange pair well with the sweet taste of roasted tomatoes. One of the best ways to use these flavours in conjunction is tomato and orange soup, a fun and delicious twist on a classic cream of tomato soup.

It is a light, refreshing, and tasty soup that you can serve hot or cold, as a light meal or as a starter course. This tomato soup is also a fantastic option for a dinner party as it has both flavour and visual appeal. You can make the dish heartier by serving it with the bread of your choice.

Here is an easy soup recipe for roasted tomato and orange soup.

Tomato and Orange Soup: An Easy Recipe
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Tomato and Orange Soup: An Easy Recipe

Recipe by Liz FlynnCourse: Soup RecipesCuisine: British, EuropeanDifficulty: Easy
Servings

6

servings
Prep time

10

minutes
Cooking time

1

hour 
Vegetarian

YES

Vegan

YES

Dairy-free

YES

Gluten-free

YES

An easy recipe for tomato and orange soup, a zingy twist on a classic tomato soup.

Ingredients for Tomato and Orange Soup

  • 1 kg ripe tomatoes

  • 1 can of chopped tomatoes

  • 650 ml vegetable stock (hot)

  • 3 cloves of garlic

  • 2 onions, diced

  • 3 carrots, peeled and diced

  • 2 sticks of celery, diced

  • 4 tbsp olive oil

  • Juice and zest of two oranges

  • 1 tsp dried basil (optional)

  • Salt and black pepper to taste

  • Optional crème fraiche to serve

Directions: How to Make Tomato and Orange Soup

  • Preheat the oven to gas mark 4/ 180C/ 160C fan oven.
  • If the tomatoes are large, cut them in half. Leave smaller tomatoes whole. Also, peel the garlic cloves and cut them in half.
  • Add the fresh tomatoes and garlic to a baking tray, drizzled with two tablespoons of olive oil, and season with salt and black pepper.
  • Put the tomatoes in the oven for 25 minutes, then stir after removing from the oven.
  • After stirring the tomatoes, heat the remaining two tablespoons of olive oil in a large pan over low heat on the hob.
  • Add the diced onions, celery, and carrots to the pan, and cook slowly for 10 minutes.
  • Then, add the roasted tomatoes and garlic to the pan with the onions, carrots, and celery.
  • Next, add the hot vegetable stock, canned chopped tomatoes and orange juice to a pan, along with half the orange zest and the optional basil. Stir all the ingredients together.
  • Simmer the soup for a couple of minutes, then remove from the heat to cool a little before liquidising.
  • Either blitz the mixture with a hand blender or transfer to a food processor for blending before returning to the pan.
  • Season with a little more salt and pepper.
  • If you are serving the soup hot, then return to the hob for five minutes to heat the soup through. Alternatively, if you are serving the soup cold, leave to cool before transferring the tomato and orange soup to storage containers and putting in the refrigerator.
  • When serving, decorate the soup with some of the remaining fresh orange zest. If you are not vegan or following a dairy-free diet, then you can also add a swirl of crème fraiche or cream if you wish.

Additional Tips for Making Tomato and Orange Soup

  • It is just as easy to make this soup in a soup maker as it is to make it in a pan, but you will need to roast the tomatoes first using either cooking method.
  • You can also bulk up the roasted tomato and orange soup to serve large quantities of people from a catering soup kettle simply by increasing each ingredient by an equal amount. For example, if you want to serve 30 people, multiply each ingredient by 5.
  • You can swap freshly squeezed orange juice for bought unsweetened orange juice if you prefer, but it may alter the flavour. There is also the option to add more or less orange juice to suit your tastes.
  • If you enjoy our tomato and orange soup, you may also like our cream of tomato soup recipe, our carrot and orange soup, our recipe for tomato and basil soup, or our tomato, courgette, and pepper soup.

Have you read our recipe for tomato and orange soup? If so, let us know your thoughts below and feel free to add your tips for making this recipe.

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