My Favorite Tomato Soup Recipe
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Serves: 2
 
Delicious tomato soup
Ingredients
  • 500 g of cherry tomatoes
  • thyme
  • 1 clove of garlic (minced)
  • 1 Tbsp of extra virgin olive oil
  • 1 leek
  • 3 celery stalks
  • 1 medium onion
  • extra virgin olive oil
  • salt
  • pepper
  • basil (leaves and stalk)
  • 1 can of peeled tomatoes (small can) or 6 fresh tomatoes
  • 1 Tbsp of tomato puree
  • 300 ml of broth (even cube)
Instructions
  1. Wash and dry the cherry tomatoes.
  2. Put them on an oven tray and sprinkle minced garlic, thyme, salt and a thread of olive oil.
  3. Bake for 20 minutes to 30 minutes at 200°C/400°F.
  4. In the meanwhile put a thread of extra virgin olive oil in a pan.
  5. Turn on the gas and add the onion roughly chopped.
  6. Wash and cut the celery and leek and add to the pan.
  7. Cook for a few minutes without letting them color.
  8. Add the roasted tomatoes, the tomato puree and the peeled (or fresh) tomatoes, the basil stalks (let the leaves apart) and the broth.
  9. Cover the pan and let it cook for 20 to 30 minutes in low gas.
  10. Take it out of the gas and pass it though a food mill.
  11. Take it back to the gas (low), add salt, pepper and half of the basil leaves and let it warm again for a few minutes.
  12. Serve with a thread of extra virgin olive oil and the remaining fresh basil leaves.
  13. Buon appetito!
Recipe by at https://www.italianchips.com/tomato-soup-recipe/