Chilled Fresh Tomato Soup

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Appears in Cook's Illustrated July/August 2012

Throw tomatoes into a blender and puree? Not so fast. For a full-flavored soup, even top-notch tomatoes have to be treated just right.

SERVES 4

TIME 1 hour, plus 30 minutes cooling and 2 hours chilling

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WHY THIS RECIPE WORKS

To create a chilled tomato soup recipe that produced a dish with complex flavor, we used a combination of fresh and roasted tomatoes. This gave us a dish with bright, tangy freshness as well as a deep, sweet flavor. We also used a small amo...

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