Monday, January 15, 2007

Simple Recipe: Tomato-Challah Soup


One of my New Year's Resolutions this year is to blog more frequently. One of the reasons I haven't been doing so is that working at a toy store during the Holiday Season absolutely devours your life. But now it's January and life has slowed down. Ozzy's finally settled into a schedule and the Boy and I are apartment-hunting, so hopefully you'll soon hear about the excitements and travails of a new kitchen.

And even though things are settling down in January, I'm still working a few days a week and leaving the house for work (rather than mainly working from home with a few nighttime rehearsals that forced us to order up Chinese food more often than I'd care to admit) does give me less time and energy to cook. So, in an effort to blog more and to force us to continue eating good food even when I've worked that day and possibly am working the next, I'm starting a series on this blog: Simple Recipes and Easy Recipes. Simple Recipes are, you guessed it, simple. That means they can be made even after a day at work but, because they aren't extremely quick and taste slightly more exotic than normal, they're best when you can relax a little and don't have to work the next day. Easy Recipes, on the other hand, are designed for those nights when you've worked all day and have to get up early the next to start all over again. So, here goes. These won't be the most creative or imaginative recipes, but they sure will taste good. And, since I have today off thanks to Martin Luther King, last night's soup, Tomato-Challah Soup, was certainly Simple. I served it with Spicy Beef with Basil and Saucy Braised Eggplant (the links are to the recipes that served as my inspiration). Enjoy!

Tomato-Challah Soup

Pour Olive Oil into large pot. Add Garlic and cook over low heat for 3 minutes, until Garlic is soft. Add Basil, Tomatoes and Water. Raise heat to high and bring soup to a boil. Add Challah, reduce heat to medium-low and simmer for 1 hour, stirring occassionally to keep Challah from sticking to sides of pot. Add Salt and Pepper and stir well.

Spoon into Soup Bowls and serve with crushed Basil leaves sprinkled on top.


and and and and and and

4 comments:

Anonymous said...

Yesssssssss, I'm happy if you'll blog more.
You inaugurate very well your series of " simple recipe ". This soup seems to me so good, comforting and simple to make.

Lady Amalthea said...

I'm happy that I'll blog more too, Mijo! The soup was delicious, warming and soo easy. I highly recommend it and I'm sure it would work with any kind of bread, though a brioche would probably act just about the same way as the challah did.

FH said...

Hi Lady A!This recipe looks so good right now.It's snowing here,can you believe it?:))
Basil,tamato,garlic and bread sounds like eating Pizza!!YUM!!!

Lady Amalthea said...

It snowed here a little today, too! Nothing stuck, but it was still very exciting. Certainly soup weather.
And I suppose the flavors are a lot like pizza, minus the cheese. But some kind of a gratineed top would be just delicious, I think.