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Chilled Picante Summer Soup

Updated 15 November 2019 Published 24 March 2014 26 Comments

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Spicy cold tomato soup, creamy, Spanish, Meditteranean

Chilled Picante Summer Soup

I was very excited to be invited to take part in a Virtual Blogger Come Dine With Me organised by Russell Hobbs in which I could use any of their Illumina range of products to make my course. I was allocated the starter and after unpacking all 5 of my new products which included the Illumina Jug Blender, 3-in-1 Hand Blender, Hand Mixer and Hand Blender I made a bee line for the Illumina Food Processor, because believe it or not, I have never owned one and have wanted one for a long time!

With the weather gradually turning warmer I decided that a chilled soup would be a refreshing starter for the meal. Michelle over at Utterly Scrummy is making the main course which she will post on Wednesday (26/3/14); my mouth is watering already as I know what she’s making! Dessert is going to be lush on Friday (28/3/14) as Sarah over at Maison Cupcake will bringing this to the virtual dining table!

Spicy cold tomato soup, creamy, Spanish, Meditteranean

The Russell Hobbs Illumina range is very smart with its high gloss black finish and brushed steel panels plus all the blades are titanium coated meaning they are 4 times harder and stay sharper for longer. The products also have an innovative colour control light ring that that changes colour according to which speed it’s at – there’s a guide as to which colour suits which foods.

Food Processor, Stick blender, 3-in-1 blender, electric whisk, liquidiser

Being new to using a food processor it took me a little while to get the hang of the basics like not being able to remove the jug from the base until you had removed the lid. There were cries of “I can’t get the jug off the base, come and help me” to my husband who then came to my rescue, tutting loudly at my stupidity! It really is a good job this wasn’t being filmed and reaffirms the reason why I’d never  go on the actual Come Dine with Me!

Spicy cold tomato soup, creamy, Spanish, Meditteranean

This soup may look all girly and pink but believe me her flavour packs a punch!

So back to the soup – I wanted to create something refreshing yet tasty combining the flavours of Spain so used vine ripened tomatoes with garlic, lemon and red chilli for zing and then cucumber and cream for balance – I think I nailed it. I’ve never really been a chilled soup sort of girl and I’m not a fan of tomato juice but this soup was superb!

It tasted fab before I’d even added the cream and cucumber but once those were added along with the chorizo and parsley garnish, to quote my mum “the angels were singing”! I nervously served up a bowl to my husband just to get him out of the kitchen whilst I did my photography. Would he affirm what I thought – it’s always a tense moment because we don’t always see eye to eye where food is concerned.

But I needn’t have worried as he absolutely loved it and my chilli loving son also enjoyed a bowl. Needless to say my young daughter wouldn’t go near it as she’s not a lover of spicy food. So as a starter for an adult dinner party I can’t recommend this Chilled Picante Summer Soup enough – I hope my virtual diners Michelle and Sarah enjoy it too!

Food Processor

The Illumina Food Processor makes light work of blitzing the tomatoes!

Disclaimer: This is a sponsored post for which I received the Illumina range plus vouchers to cover my costs and time.

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Chilled Picante Summer Soup

A chilled spicy summer soup with all the flavours of Spain - vine ripened tomatoes mingle with red chilli, garlic, lemon, cream and cucumber which is then garnished with chorizo and parsley.
Course Starter
Cuisine Spanish
Prep Time 25 minutes minutes
Total Time 25 minutes minutes
Servings 4 - 6
Author Camilla Hawkins

Ingredients

  • 900 g Ripe vine tomatoes
  • 2 Large cloves of garlic crushed
  • 1 Small red chilli deseeded
  • Juice and grated zest of ½ an unwaxed lemon
  • 1 tbsp Caster sugar
  • 2 tsp Salt flakes
  • ½ Cucumber peeled and diced
  • 120 mls Double cream
  • 45 g Picante chorizo sausage medium hot chopped into small pieces
  • 2 tbsp Chopped parsley to garnish

Instructions

  • Chop the tomatoes into quarters and blitz in a food processor.
  • Sieve the puree (a bit of patience required here). This should yield just under 600 mls of tomato juice.
  • Chill the juice.
  • Fry the chorizo pieces in a drop of oil (they create their own) for a couple of minutes until crispy, drain, allow to cool and then chill.
  • Once the tomato juice is thoroughly chilled put back in food processor and add the garlic, red chilli, sugar, salt, lemon zest and juice and blitz until smooth.
  • Transfer the soup to a bowl and stir in the double cream and diced cucumber.
  • Serve the soup in bowls garnished with the chopped parsley and chorizo pieces.

Notes

The most important elements of this soup are that the vine tomatoes must be really ripe and the soup must be served thoroughly chilled. If your tomatoes aren't ripe don't make this soup it will be a waste! Also use a quality chorizo sausage and not a pre-chopped pack as this makes a huge difference too.

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Comments

  1. Amy Fidler

    14/05/2017 at 9:41 am

    Love a good chilled soup x

    Reply
    • Camilla

      14/05/2017 at 10:56 pm

      It’s just heavenly, highly recommend this:-)

      Reply
  2. Paul Wilson

    27/06/2015 at 12:07 am

    Looks idea for this hot weather.

    Reply
    • Camilla

      27/06/2015 at 10:47 am

      It’s the most amazing sou Paul:-)

      Reply
  3. Geoff Clark

    10/08/2014 at 11:29 am

    always after a new soup, looks good

    Reply
  4. Tracy Nixon

    11/07/2014 at 6:39 am

    Another great recipe thanks!

    Reply
  5. Paul Wilson

    25/06/2014 at 12:08 am

    Could do with a batch of this for weather like this.

    Reply
  6. Bintu @ Recipes From A Pantry

    12/06/2014 at 6:14 pm

    Totally bookmarked this one for tomato season.

    Reply
    • Camilla

      12/06/2014 at 9:30 pm

      I can’t tell you how good this soup is. It caused a twitter/Facebook rumpus with lots of rude comments about the look but I have thick skin as I know what a fab recipe this is:-)

      Reply
  7. glenn hutton

    14/04/2014 at 10:35 am

    Tomato soup (Heinz) is my favourite but I have never tried chilled soup… will have to give it a go.

    Reply
  8. Paul Wilson

    29/03/2014 at 12:08 am

    I’ve never tried this before – looks ideal for a hot summer afternoon

    Reply
  9. Caroline Taylor

    26/03/2014 at 1:28 pm

    What a great load of stuff, your soup sounds delicious Camilla. I like how neat and clean the gadgets all look.

    Reply
    • Camilla

      26/03/2014 at 7:57 pm

      Thanks Caroline:-)

      Reply
  10. Keep Calm and Fanny On

    25/03/2014 at 8:54 pm

    Sounds great to me, I’d swap the chorizo just for some smoked paprika though to make it veggie… Love chilled Soup, thanks!

    Reply
    • Camilla

      26/03/2014 at 12:11 pm

      Thanks and yes it’s very easy to make this soup vegetarian:-)

      Reply
  11. Ursula Hunt

    25/03/2014 at 5:01 pm

    Great recipe to keep for the summer, I love the colour, very enticing

    Reply
  12. Maya Russell

    25/03/2014 at 6:19 am

    This is a starter recipe I’ll come back to for a dinner party in the warmer months. Yum.

    Reply
    • Camilla

      25/03/2014 at 8:38 am

      Great:-) Do let me know what you think!

      Reply
  13. Lesley - Scottish Mum Blog

    24/03/2014 at 2:03 pm

    Fab idea from Russell Hobbs. I have never ever tried a chilled soup before. I’ve actually never even heard of a chilled soup before. Intriguing.

    Reply
    • Camilla

      24/03/2014 at 11:47 pm

      Really? Gazpacho is a well known chilled soup.

      Reply
  14. Sarah, Maison Cupcake

    24/03/2014 at 12:02 pm

    This sounds marvellous, I do love a strongly flavoured chilled soup. They’re most under rated and we should see them on menus more often!

    Looking forward to serving up my dessert for our menu on Friday!

    Reply
    • Camilla

      24/03/2014 at 11:48 pm

      Thanks Sarah – glad you enjoyed your virtual starter:-) I look forward to dessert!

      Reply
  15. Angela

    24/03/2014 at 9:10 am

    Wow – it must have felt like Christmas with all those lovely boxes full of shiny new toys 🙂 The soup looks very elegant and pretty and of course anything with chilli in it is a winner with me.

    Reply
    • Camilla

      24/03/2014 at 11:50 pm

      Yes it was like Christmas:-) Thanks, I think you would love this Angela;-)

      Reply
  16. Heather Haigh

    24/03/2014 at 8:42 am

    I have never eated a chilled soup, but it does sound delicious.

    Reply
    • Camilla

      24/03/2014 at 11:51 pm

      I honesty can’t remember the last time I had one but this soup put many hot ones in the shade and will be a regular during the warmer months now;-)

      Reply

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