Title: Spicy Clear Tomato Soup
Categories: Entree Soup Vegetable
Yield: 5 Servings
| 2 1/2 | lb | Ripe Fresh Tomatoes; Abt 10 |
| 1 1/2 | c | Water |
| 8 | | Stalks Celery; Chopped |
| 2 | | Carrots; Sliced |
| 1 | | Onion; Md, Chopped |
| 1 | | Green Pepper; Md, Seed, Chop |
| 5 | | Whole Cloves |
| | | Salt & Freshly Ground Pepper |
| 2 | ts | Sugar |
| 2 | tb | Fresh Lemon Juice |
Cut up the tomatoes and put them, with the water, into a soup-pot. Add the
celery, carrots, onion, green pepper, and cloves. Bring the soup to a
boil, reduce the heat and add the salt & pepper to taste, and sugar.
Simmer, partially covered, for 15 minutes. Remove from the heat and stir
in the lemon juice. Strain, (Note: You can put the vegetables in the food
processor and then sieve the juice out of the chopped veggies using the
back of a wooden spoon). Correct the seasonings and serve either hot or
cold. By fatfree-request@fatfree.com on Jun 16, 1997