teach you how to do tomato soup
Friday, June 18th, 2010Cuisine and effect:Private cooking,Hypertension recipe,Coronary Heart Disease Recipes,Stroke Recipes,Atherosclerosis Recipes
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
- peel the tomatoes ( place tomatoes in to a bowl and pour boiling water over, leave a few seconds, the peel should come off easily )
- sweat the chopped onion in the heated olive oil until soft
- add the chopped tomatoes, tomato purée, crushed garlic, salt and pepper some of the basil leaves and stir
- pour the stock over it and let it simmer for 30 – 40 minutes
- grate a potato into the soup and let it simmer another 10 -15 minutes
- blend it until smooth, if no pips are required push through a sieve
- let some butter melt in the soup
- decorate with basil leaves serve with olive foccacia.




