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Cold watermelon and tomato soup
Cold watermelon and tomatoes soup is refreshing summer meal, very easy to prepare.
Ingredients
300 g of cold watermelon
100 g of tomatoes
2 mint leaves
salt and pepper
extra virgin olive oil
Preparation
Keep the watermelon in the fridge for a night before preparing the soup.
Peel the watermelon, cut it to pieces and remove the seeds. Wash fresh tomatoes. Put the pieces of watermelon, tomatoes and mint leaves in a mixer.
Pour the cold watermelon and tomato into some small cup and put them in the fridge for some hours. Season with salt, pepper and extra virgin olive oil before serving and garnish with some fresh mint leaves.
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