Salmorejo soup
Spanish Tapas: how to easily make cold Salmorejo, a cold bread and tomato soup from the south of Spain.
Prep Time10 minutes mins
Total Time10 minutes mins
Course: entree, first course, Main Course
Cuisine: Spanish
Servings: 6 small servings
- 1.3 kg Tomatoes approximately 10 medium-sized
- 150 g White bread 5.2 oz after the crusts are removed
- 1 tsp Salt
- 1 clove Garlic
- 150 ml Olive oil 1/2 cup
- 2 Tbsp Sherry Vinegar
- 2 Egg
- 3 - 4 slices Raw ham or speck
First Steps:
Boil the eggs until hard and leave them to cool. Chop them into tiny pieces.
If you can get Spanish Jambon, just cut it into small dice. For the speck, I chopped it and then fried it in a little olive oil until it was crunchy.
For the Soup:
Peel, de-seed and chop the tomatoes. (If you don't have a serrated tomato peeler, plunge the tomatoes in boiling water for 30 seconds, then in cold water. The skins should peel off easily).
Rip the bread into small chunks.
Put the tomatoes and bread in a blender and leave to sit for 5 - 10 minutes to let the juices start to sink into the bread.
Add the garlic and blend well.
Add the olive oil in a stream while continuing to blend. If your blender doesn't have a spout, just add it little by little and blend the mixture in between additions.
Add the vinegar and salt, then mix.
Pour the soup into individual serving bowls and sprinkle the surface with the ham and chopped egg.
You can make this soup a day or two before. Just keep it in the fridge in a covered container until you want to eat it. Add the egg and ham at the last minute.