Spicy tomato and fresh goji soup

You probably already know tons of recipes for using dried goji, but… How to use fresh goji berries ? Much richer in nutritional properties than the dried ones, these berries have a sweet and vaguely savoury flavour, ideal for both sweet and savoury recipes.

In this article we decided to focus on a savory recipe, so you can try a new and unusual way to use fresh goji berries.

Spicy tomato and fresh goji soup

We know it's summer and a soup isn't exactly the ideal recipe, but this one is perfect even cold!

Ingredients for two people:

• 80 g of goji berries
• 250 g of blanched and then peeled tomatoes
• 450 g of vegetable broth (made on the spot and not with stock cubes is better)
• 1 onion
• Extra virgin olive oil
• 1 small chili pepper
• 1 teaspoon cumin seeds
• a few leaves of lemon basil

Procedure:

1. Rinse the fresh goji berries and set them aside for now.
2. In the meantime, prepare the vegetable broth (if you have time, do it immediately, otherwise the stock cube is fine).
3. In a large enough saucepan, add the extra virgin olive oil, the finely chopped onion, the chopped chili pepper and the cumin seeds. After a few minutes, add the tomatoes cut into small pieces and brown for a few more minutes.
4. Now it's time for the broth: add it to the tomatoes and also add the fresh goji berries. Bring to a boil and reduce for about fifteen minutes.
5. Add the lemon basil and continue cooking until the soup is thick and creamy.
6. Now you have two options: either serve it hot or try it cold.

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Do you prefer sweets? Find some quick recipes in this article !