Can't believe what I am about to say (considering that food is perhaps the only theme about which I feel some kind of patriotism, along with that sport in which we recently might not have done really great), but my Italian-style vegetable soup scored really poorly against the salmorejo in both taste and presentation :(
To give some background, a Spanish vs an Italian, throath infection vs wisdom tooth infection, unclear who was supposed to look after who, but love sometimes means also sharing antibiotics :)
Anyway, I thought about doing a vegetable soup as both could not really swallow, so I started with the usual base of celery-onion-carrot chopped in big pieces and I added courgettes and fennels, plus enough water to cover the vegetables. I cooked it for a good hour, then blended it leaving the texture quite coarse. In the meantime, I sliced one courgette and pan-fried it with two spoons of oil EVO. I added toasted Tuscany white bread, fresh chopped parsley, dill and some good oil EVO.
Well, it was decent, especially the courgettes on top where making it less boring than what it was in fact. But.... oh-my-god how better the salmorejo was! Tastier and more suitable to the specific occasion, as it is served cold. On my defense I can say it is not vegan, so it is way easier to have something tasty when you add jamon and egg, but on the other hand I am sure it would have been delicious and refreshing also without them. I was defeated, but given the circumstances I don't mind too much :)
