Title: Tomato soup with basil
Category: Happy
Blog Entry: Tomato soup with basil
Ingredients:
3 lb ripe tomatoes, peeled and chopped
1 large onion, peeled and finely chopped
1 clove of garlic, crushed
1 large potato, peeled and grated
fresh basil leaves
2 - 3 cups chicken or vegetable stock
1 tablespoon tomato purée
salt and freshly ground pepper to taste
1 tablespoon of olive oil
a knob of butter
Method:
1.
peel the tomatoes ( place tomatoes in
to a bowl and pour boiling water over, leave a few seconds, the peel should
come off easily )
2.
sweat the chopped onion in the heated
olive oil until soft
3.
add the chopped tomatoes, tomato
purée, crushed garlic, salt and pepper some of the basil leaves and stir
4.
pour the stock over it and let it
simmer for 30 - 40 minutes
5.
grate a potato into the soup and let
it simmer another 10 -15 minutes
6.
blend it until smooth, if no pips are
required push through a sieve
7.
let some butter melt in the soup
8.
decorate with basil leaves serve with
olive foccacia. Delicious .
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