Is it worth using fresh tomatoes for this?

[Thunderduck]

I'm planning on making a tomato and bean soup.

The recipe calls for 2 pounds of fresh tomatoes. Could I replace that with good quality tinned tomatoes or will it be much nicer if I use fresh tomatoes?

I'd use fresh. The juice from tinned ones will seep through your soup much more pervasively than fresh.

Oh alright then. I'll use the fresh stuff then. It's just the thought of having to skin them that puts me off.

Well I'm a bit confused now actually. I'll see if I can find really nice ripe tomatoes. If not I'll use the tinned ones.

I may do that then thankyou.

Me too.

I've developed a slight fixation about soup making at the moment.

I made asparagus soup last night and it's lovely but I'm nervous about possibly making a mess of this.

I followed Jamies MOF tomato soup and he uses half and half.

Can I ask, are you going to freeze the soup? If so what will you store it in?

I will freeze some of it.

I usually freeze it in tall tupperware style dishes that we got from Ikea.

How do you defrost it Thunderduck?

I usually just leave it to thaw overnight in the fridge.

Though if I'm in a hurry I'll use the defrost setting on the microwave to finish it off.

agree with hopeforbest.

tinned toms infinitely more flavoursome than anything you can get here except poss in height of summer.

I think fresh tomatoes would be much much nicer. If they're a bit flavourless or hard, stick them in a bowl with a little sugar, salt, pepper and lemon juice for half an hour after chopping. I think it would still be nicer than tinned. Add some tomato purée if you think it needs more tomatoey oomph.

I'd go for good quality tinned myslef. Waste of fresh tomatoes to cook em.

Good quality tinned is what Italians use....

It'll take a lot of tins won't it? If I don't include the juice.

Dumb question but do I go by the weight on the tin and add tins until I have 2 lbs of tomatoes.
Or do I just measure out the tomatoes until the scale registers 2 lbs? Scoop them out leaving the juice behind I mean.

I disagree Horton. By the time they're cooked no one could tell the difference.

Go by the drained weight on the tin. TBH some slight variation in the exact quantity of tomatoes used will not make any difference really.

I'd guess 3 or 4 tins (about 900g)

Thankyou.

Thank god dp isn't here today to laugh at me. Not that he would but he's an excellent cook and he doesn't bother with weights and measures.
He goes with what sounds or looks right but it'd be a disaster if I tried that.

Tinned for soup I think.

lol that's exactly what I thought Hope!

Now can anyone recommend a good quality brand of tinned tomatoes?