From Chocolat · 2000 · Reconstructed
Tomato Soup à la Gasconne
Serve when
Serve it as the first course of Armande's seventieth-birthday feast — the dinner where the whole renegade half of the village finally sits at one table.
In the movie
Theatrical
- ~01:26:00 Armande's birthday dinner: the feast Vianne cooks opens with a rich tomato soup before the seafood platter and the chocolate finale — the film's great communal meal, lingered over course by course.
Armande's birthday is the film's answer to Babette's Feast — a table of the town's irregulars eating their way to joy while Lent frowns outside. The menu builds from this soup through lobster to chocolate, and nobody leaves the table the same.
Ingredients
Method
- Soften the onion and garlic in the fat without coloring, about 8 minutes, until translucent and sweet.
- Add tomatoes, stock, herbs, bread, and seasoning; simmer 25 minutes.
- Remove the herbs and blend silky-smooth.
- Correct with a pinch of sugar if the tomatoes are sharp.
- Serve hot with a swirl of crème fraîche — first course of a long, defiant, candlelit dinner.
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