{"id":478,"date":"2016-02-28T19:48:42","date_gmt":"2016-02-28T19:48:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/grandmascookbook.ca\/?p=478"},"modified":"2016-02-28T19:48:42","modified_gmt":"2016-02-28T19:48:42","slug":"tomato-soup-translated-from-german","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.grandmascookbook.ca\/2016\/02\/tomato-soup-translated-from-german\/","title":{"rendered":"Tomato Soup (Translated from German)"},"content":{"rendered":"

On the first page of Grandma’s old notebook (it appears as though she was learning to cook from my Oma, her Mom) is the tab\u00a0“Suppen”, meaning “Soups”. Last night\u00a0was cold & windy, and we actually had snow on the ground, so\u00a0I made Grandma’s homemade Tomato soup.<\/p>\n

\"tomatosoupSM\"<\/p>\n

I am known for making a lot of soups; but I’ve never attempted Tomato soup.\u00a0 SO simple!<\/p>\n

\"Cook
Cooking the soup to soften the tomatoes,\u00a0then quickly (to be certain the baby doesn’t wake up) blend until smooth.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The addition of mini meatballs was fun, but I sure hope they have machines to make those meatballs in Italian Wedding Soups! So many meatballs!<\/p>\n

\"meatballs\"<\/p>\n

\"Quick
Quick Tip to avoid wasting time & tears: Chop large batches of onions, then freeze in ice cube trays. Once frozen, pop out, and store in ziploc bags.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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The flavour was nice; not sweet at all like Canned Tomato Soup, and generally a similar thickness (I doubled the flour in mine for a thicker texture). \u00a0At our house we don’t like plain tomatoes (it was a cracker-filled soup) but I still enjoyed\u00a0the leftovers today at lunch! \u00a0Not to mention Jr. (16 months), LOVED his tomato soup and gobbled up his meatballs!<\/p>\n

\"Mixing
Mixing my “roux” in a small frying pan.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Here is Grandma’s recipe in her notebook:<\/p>\n

\"tomatosoup-recipe\"<\/a><\/p>\n

And this is the printable recipe:<\/p>\n

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Tomato Soup with Meatballs<\/h3>\n

Soup:<\/h4>\n
    \n
  • 1-1.5 lbs tomatoes (4 medium)<\/li>\n
  • 1 litre of water<\/li>\n
  • 1 teaspoon salt<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

    Roux<\/h4>\n
      \n
    • 1 tablespoon fat\/butter<\/li>\n
    • 1.5 tablespoons flour<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

      Meatballs<\/h4>\n
        \n
      • 1\/4 lb ground meat<\/li>\n
      • 1\/2 onion<\/li>\n
      • 1\/4 cup chopped dried bread (croutons or crumbs)<\/li>\n
      • Some egg (I used 1 egg white)<\/li>\n
      • Salt & Pepper to taste<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
          \n
        1. For SOUP: Chop tomatoes in large chunks.\u00a0 Add water, salt & tomatoes to saucepan, begin cooking.<\/li>\n
        2. For MEATBALLS: Mix meatball ingredients in a bowl and form into 1\/2″ balls.<\/li>\n
        3. Place meatballs in frying pan with a bit of oil if necessary.<\/li>\n
        4. To avoid meatballs from sticking to each other & allow better heat distribution, add 1\/2 cup water.\u00a0 Flip periodically.<\/li>\n
        5. While meatballs cook, blend tomato mixture using baking mixers, immersion blender, or even a food processor; Grandma’s directions simply state “Blend”.<\/li>\n
        6. Once meatballs are complete, remove from pan and set aside.<\/li>\n
        7. For ROUX: Add fat\/butter to pan, adding flour once melted.\u00a0 Stir quickly until thick.\u00a0 Slowly add to soup. \u00a0Stir.<\/li>\n
        8. Add meatballs, and serve!<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

          Serves 4\u00a0as a meal; and 7-8\u00a0as an Appetizer.<\/p>\n

          TIME CRUNCH TIP: Instead of meatballs, add meat mixture to frying pan, scrambling the meat, then add\u00a0non-uniformed sized meat chunks to your soup.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

          <\/div>
          Print the Recipe Only<\/div>
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          On the first page of Grandma’s old notebook (it appears as though she was learning to cook from my Oma, her Mom) is the tab\u00a0“Suppen”, meaning “Soups”. Last night\u00a0was cold & windy, and we actually had snow on the ground, so\u00a0I made Grandma’s homemade Tomato soup. I am known for …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":483,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[6],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.grandmascookbook.ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/478"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.grandmascookbook.ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.grandmascookbook.ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.grandmascookbook.ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.grandmascookbook.ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=478"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.grandmascookbook.ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/478\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":488,"href":"https:\/\/www.grandmascookbook.ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/478\/revisions\/488"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.grandmascookbook.ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/483"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.grandmascookbook.ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=478"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.grandmascookbook.ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=478"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.grandmascookbook.ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=478"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}