Last Updated on January 12, 2020 by Chef Mireille
Moroccan Creamy Tomato Soup made from Farmer’s Market heirloom tomatoes and Moroccan spiced bring varietal flavor into a classic soup.
This recipe has been sitting in my drafts since the summer just waiting for the right time to post it -even the whole introduction was typed up. When the BM theme of Moroccan was posted, it was finally time to post this delicious soup and the perfect time of year for it too!
I took two trips in as many weeks eating a lot of rich and fattening foods from Savannah & Philadelphia. Shrimp and Grits with eggs and biscuit for breakfast and snacking on salt water taffy in Savannah, Amish snack foods like homemade fudge and chocolate covered pretzels in Philadelphia haven’t been kind to my waistline. Upon returning home to NYC, I decided I needed to jump start a change in my diet.
A diet works best when it is not something temporary but a life change that you can live with forever. I know I don’t have the discipline to go 100% paleo (I like bread too much), but I can try a semi paleo diet, largely reducing the quantity of carbs and sugars I consume. To that goal, I have decided to make soup as dinner as often as I can. The varieties can be endless so I will never get bored and with all the liquid, they can be quite filling, curbing my need to snack on carbs.
As soon as I came back from Philly, I made a visit to NYC’s larges farmers market at Union Square. At this time of year, peppers, corn and tomatoes and raining rainbow colors at the market. At one stand, they were offering free tasting samples of their different tomato varieties. Knowing what they taste like inspired me to make a tomato soup with different tomato varieties.
I used one tart green tomato with two sweet green tomato varieties in this soup for a balance of flavors. Farmers Market zebra and black pineapple tomatoes were super sweet, although mostly green in color. Visit your local Farmers Market and see what varieties of heirloom tomatoes they have and try making a new version of tomato soup.
I went Moroccan with the spices used and this made a great light dinner to try to shed my vacation pounds!
Heirloom Tomatoes
This soup is perfect to enjoy on a cold winter day!
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Moroccan Creamy Tomato Soup
Ingredients
- 1 lb. zebra tomatoes
- 12 oz. tart green tomatoes
- 20 oz. black pineapple tomatoes
- 2 tablespoons oil
- 2 stalks celery chopped
- 1 teaspoon minced roasted garlic
- 1 tablespoon grated ginger
- 1 chopped onion
- 1 teaspoon smoked paprika
- ½ teaspoon ground cumin
- 1 teaspoon parsley
- 1 teaspoon harissa
- Salt and black pepper to taste
- 2 tablespoons heavy cream
- 1 tablespoon honey
Instructions
- Chop tomatoes into quarters and halves depending on size. Combine in a pot with 3 cups water. Bring to a boil. After it comes to a full boil, boil for 5 minutes.
- Transfer tomatoes with all the liquid to a blender. Let it cool for 5-10 minutes, until there is no more steam.
- While it is cooling, chop your vegetables.
- In a pot, heat oil. Add celery, garlic, ginger and onion. Saute until vegetables are softened.
- Add tomato liquid and bouillon. Add paprika, cumin, parsley and harissa. Bring to a boil. Reduce to a simmer and cook for 20 minutes.
- Add salt and pepper, heavy cream and honey. Stir to combine and simmer for 5 minutes.
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Its nice to see all those different tomatoes and the soup sounds awesome..its always so wonderful having a draft that comes to aid!..very nice reading about your tour again..:)
yep it definitely saved the day for me
Even I can’t go 100% paleo but cutting back on carbs is easily doable. With all those variety of tomatoes, soup looks amazing and am sure it tasted wonderful.
I’m afraid I’ve gone off the semi paleo with the holiday foods but I’m hoping to get started again in the new year
I would have never thought about using tart tomatoes to make soup. I can’t diet exactly for the same reasons you mentioned. I love my bread way too much. Unfortunately I am the only one in my house who is not a big fan of soup either. I need to find something that will work for me.
try this one – maybe it will turn you into a soup lover 🙂
This soup looks perfect for the plunging temperatures we are experiencing this month. I love visiting the farmers market during summers, too.
yes farmers market produce are always more flavorful than the supermarket arent they?
Wow, interesting creamy soup, never tried soup with those tart tomatoes sounds interesting. I dont bother to enjoy a bowl of this delightful soup for my dinner.
the other tomatoes were so sweet that it created a great balance of flavors – as long as you dont use all tart tomatoes its a great way to add interesting flavor profiles to the soup
Wow ! the variety of tomatoes used is very unique. I am a soup lover to the core and I am sure the flavors there are to my taste as well. Shall try it out when I lay my hands on those tomato varieties.
you can use whatever tomato varieties are locally available to you
Wow ! These different tomatoes look so wonderful , great variety to be used in a soup . Super one Mir .
Wow Mir so many varieties of tomatoes! Love the soup! Looks perfect for the wintery nights!
yes we are lucky to get such a variety of tomatoes during tomato season
Wow what a hearty and comforting soup that is Mir. You are so lucky to get so many different tomatoes at the farmers market.
yes at union square we get such variety