Black Garlic Kitchen

Black Garlic Spicy Bloody Mary Soup

An intense and spicy tomato soup with the flavours of a Bloody Mary cocktail; the combination of sweet roasted tomatoes and the richness of Black Garlic makes this soup a real winter warmer.

black garlic bloody mary soup

Prep: 20 mins | Cook: 50 mins | Serves: 4

V: use vegetarian Worcestershire sauce and vegetarian stock | Ve: use vegan Worcestershire sauce and vegan stock

Ingredients

  • 1 kg ripe tomatoes – halved
  • 1 large onion – peeled and sliced
  • 3 tbsp olive oil
  • 3 sprigs fresh thyme
  • 1 sprig fresh rosemary
  • Salt and freshly ground black pepper
  • 700ml tomato juice
  • 1 vegetable or vegan stock pot or stock cube
  • 2 tbsp Worcestershire sauce or vegetarian Worcestershire sauce or vegan Worcestershire sauce
  • 2 tbsp Black Garlic Paste
  • 1 tsp Black Garlic Infused Balsamic Vinegar or 1 tsp balsamic vinegar
  • 2 tsp Black Garlic Sugar or caster sugar
  • ½ tsp Black Garlic Sea Salt or table salt
  • 4 drops Tabasco sauce
  • ¼ tsp cayenne pepper
  • 3 tbsp BGK’s Black Garlic Infused Vodka or commercially available Black Garlic Vodka or vodka 

Method

  • Preheat the oven to 200C/180Cfan/Gas6.
  • Put the tomatoes and onion in a large roasting tin. Drizzle with the oil, add the herbs and season with salt and freshly ground black pepper. Toss together and roast for 40 minutes. Set aside to cool.
  • Remove and discard the stalks from the roasted herbs. Liquidise the herbs and the contents of the roasting tin in a blender or with a hand blender then pass the tomato mix through a sieve or a vegetable mill into a large saucepan.
  • Add the rest of the ingredients with the exception of the vodka to the saucepan and simmer for 10 minutes. 
  • Stir in the vodka. 
 
To Serve: ladle the soup into bowls and serve with your choice of BGK’s Black Garlic Breads.
 

Top Tip: for Black Garlic Spicy ‘Virgin’ Mary Soup omit the vodka.