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Tomato and Basil Velouté with Zucchini and Chevre, cocktail-style Recipe
 
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Tomato and Basil Velouté with Zucchini and Chevre, cocktail-style
Total time: 30 to 60 minutes

Preparation time: 15 minutes
Cooking time: 35 minutes
 

 
Difficulty: Easy
Chef's Note

You could add some dried tomatoes to accentuate the tomato flavor of the tomato velouté.

Ingredients
For 4 servings

Tomato and basil velouté
- 2 kg (4.4 lb.) peeled canned tomatoes
- 1 red pepper
- 1 bunch of basil
- 3 shallots
- 2 cloves of garlic
- 2 Tbsp. olive oil
- 100 ml (6 Tbsp.) crème fraîche
- sugar, salt and pepper
- 40 g (1 1/2 oz.) minute tapioca

Zucchini and chevre velouté
- 500 ml (2 cups) chicken stock
- 1 Tbsp. olive oil
- 1 clove of garlic
- 1 onion
- 2 slices of fresh chevre (goat's cheese)
- 30 g (1 oz.) traditional tapioca (optional)

- Garnish
- toasted baguette rounds
- chevre
Method

For the tomato and basil velouté

  1. Sauté the chopped shallot, chopped garlic and thinly sliced red pepper in the olive oil.
  2. Add the undrained tomatoes, two pinches of sugar, salt and pepper. Cook 20 minutes.
  3. Purée the soup. Add the quick tapioca, bring to a boil and cook 4 minutes.

For the zucchini and chevre velouté

  1. Sauté the sliced zucchini with the garlic and onions.
  2. Add the chicken stock. Cook 15 minutes.
  3. Purée the soup. Add the traditional tapioca, bring to a boil and cook 7 minutes.
  4. Incorporate the chevre slices and stir until melted.

Finishing

  1. Spread a few croutons with chevre.
  2. Ladle out the tomato velouté, followed by the zucchini velouté.
  3. Finish with a few croutons.
 
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