Name: Salmorejo cordobes (thick tomato and bread soup)
Prep time: 25 min
Total time: 25 min
Yield: 4
Ingredients: Salmorejo cordobes (cordoba’s thick tomato and bread soup); 1 kilogram vine ripened, soft tomatoes; 1 clove garlic; 250 gram stale heavy white bread; 100 millilitre fruity extra virgin olive oil, plus extra to serve; 1 teaspoon salt; 200 millilitre chilled water; 3 hard-boiled eggs, diced, to serve; 80 gram jamon, diced, to serve; aged sherry vinegar, to serve

Salmorejo cordobes (thick tomato and bread soup)

Salmorejo cordobes is a classic dish from the southern Spanish province of Andalucia. Try this rich and warming tomato and bread soup to warm up your winter evenings.

Ingredients

Salmorejo cordobes (cordoba’s thick tomato and bread soup)

1 kilogram vine ripened, soft tomatoes

1 clove garlic

250 gram stale heavy white bread

100 millilitre fruity extra virgin olive oil, plus extra to serve

1 teaspoon salt

200 millilitre chilled water

3 hard-boiled eggs, diced, to serve

80 gram jamon, diced, to serve

aged sherry vinegar, to serve

Method

Salmorejo cordobes (cordoba’s thick tomato and bread soup)

1.Using a food processor, puree tomatoes and garlic. Using a sieve, strain tomato mixture. Discard skin and seeds.

2.Break the bread up into golf ball size pieces and place in a large stainless steel bowl. Pour the strained tomato mixture, olive oil and salt over the bread.

3.Using your hands, squish the tomato mixture into the bread, working the liquid through. Stand 15 minutes, allowing the bread to soak in the liquid.

4.Using a food processor, puree entire mixture again, adding water until the soup is the consistency of thick cream. Soup should be a light salmon pink colour. Chill.

5.Serve in bowls finished with egg, jamon, a generous drizzle of good olive oil and a small dash of aged sherry vinegar.

You’ll need this large amount of salt for the soup as it is a cold soup – anything served cold needs extra seasoning.
Note

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Ingredients

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Salmorejo cordobes (cordoba’s thick tomato and bread soup)

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