From: Linda McCartney’s Home Cooking, p. 53
A creamy tomato soup with lots of tomatoes, celery, onion, and a milky béchamel sauce, finished with a little double cream.
I was curious about this soup as I had heard that this was a favourite of Linda’s. Yesterday, I got some great-looking tomatoes and decided that the time had come to try out this recipe. The veg and tomatoes are slowly simmered and then sieved too make a smooth paste. This paste is then mixed with a creamy béchamel (using one pint of milk) and finished with a couple of spoonfuls of double cream.
I did like the smoothness of the soup, but would have preferred to have even more tomato flavour. Next time, I think I will try adding some tomato paste and maybe a can of chopped tomatoes to the soup. I would also omit the béchamel sauce and just use a little plant-based cream to serve. I did try using plant-based milk but still thought the milky taste to be too dominant.
Gluten-Free: Use gluten-free flour, e.g. rice flour.
Vegan: Use plant-based milk and cream.