Renoir’s Escape Trail Soup
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TypeSoup
Serves4 people
DateSeptember 8, 2026
Two baguette strips in a green garden, like paintings left behind after a quick escape.
Spicy tomato and pepper soup with two ‘abandoned’ baguette strips in a garden of green herb oil. The strips lie askew, like paintings hastily left behind, referencing the theft and the found loot in the grass.
Ingredients
- 2 red bell peppers
- 2 onions
- 3 cloves garlic
- 800 g ripe tomatoes
- 1 red chili pepper
- 1 tbsp tomato paste
- 1 l vegetable stock
- 2 tbsp olive oil
- 2 tbsp red wine vinegar
- 1 baguette
- 4 tbsp green herb oil (basil, parsley, olive oil)
- salt and pepper to taste
Method
- Roughly chop peppers, onions, and garlic.
- Heat olive oil in a soup pot, sauté onion, garlic, and peppers for 5 min.
- Add tomato paste and finely chopped chili, cook for 2 min.
- Add chopped tomatoes, cook for 3 min.
- Pour in stock, bring to a boil, simmer for 25 min.
- Blend soup smooth, season with salt, pepper, and red wine vinegar.
- Cut baguette into long strips (20 cm), toast until golden in the oven.
- Pour soup into deep plates. Drizzle green herb oil as a ‘garden’ on one side.
- Place two baguette strips diagonally in the green oil per plate, as ‘paintings’ in the grass.
Serving notes
- Serve immediately, so the baguette strips stay crisp.
- Offer extra green herb oil for those who want more ‘garden’.