Recipe for Tomato Soup

This delious tomato soup is easy to make and is great served with crusty bread on a cold winters day.

Recipe Submited by Vaughan Colley

You will Need:

3 kg tomatoes, chopped
2 onions, chopped
3 garlic cloves, peeled
2 tbsp tomato puree
1 ltr chicken or vegetable stock
10 g butter
3 tbsp olive oil
salt and pepper
1 wooden spoon
1 sieve1 ladle
1 stick blender
1 large bowl

Step One

Melt the butter

Place a pan on a medium heat, add the oil and butter, stir well and allow to melt.

Step Two:

Fry the onions and garlic

Once melted add the onions and chopped garlic and stir. Sweat the onions until they have a little colour, stirring occasionally to prevent them from burning.

Step Three:

Cook the soup

Add the tomato puree, chopped tomatoes, stock, stir again and bring it to the boil. Once boiling, cover and turn the heat down to a simmer. Leave to cook for 30 minutes. Once cooked, remove from the heat.

Step Four:

Blend

Remove the lid and with your hand blender, pulse to blend the soup into a rough puree, taking care not to raise the stick blender out of the soup! Finally season with salt and pepper.

Step Five:

Sieve

Place the sieve over a large bowl and ladle the soup into the sieve. Using the back of the ladle, push the pulp down into the bowl below. Continue until all the soup has been sieved and transfer it back into the pan. Reheat if necessary.

Step Six:

Serve

Pour into soup bowls and add a dash of cream just before serving! Serve with some fresh crusty bread and enjoy!

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