A lot of people don’t like celery. I didn’t like it before, too. Now I use it often. In classical times celery was used to purify the blood, which may be why the Romans were known to wear wreaths of celery leaves as a protection against hangovers.
For the current German Blog-Event I’m testing a few soups (here and here). Among others the following Bloody Mary Soup.
Bloody Mary Soup
serves 2-3
1 medium onion, chopped
3 celery stalks, diced
1 bell pepper, diced
2 tb olive oil
250 g fresh tomatoes, peeled
250 ml homemade broth
salt, pepper
Tabasco
1 tb lemon juice
4 tb vodka
Garnish
celery stalks to garnish
In a large pot, sauté onions ad celery and bell pepper in oil.
Add tomato, sauté 1-2 minute.
Add broth and let simmer 10 minutes.
Put all in a food processor and mix until smooth.
Add other ingredients.
Serve either hot or chilled, garnish with celery stalk.
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Oh, I like that! And if you didn’t fancy it as soup you could add another bit of vodka and drink your lunch! (bad joke)
It sounds delicious and I’m going to try it. We have a friend from Spain coming for the vendange (grape-picking) – perfect time!
I just love celery (especially with blue cheese dressing, like the famous buffalo wings combination.) And of course I love tomatoes, so I’m guessing I like this soup.