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Print recipe Tomato and basil soup from bigbangerslips |
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Ingredients1 tsp oil (sunflower or olive oil)1 onion, chopped 1 clove garlic, chopped 1 tin plum tomatoes, chopped 4 fresh tomatoes, chopped 1 vegetable stock cube 1 pint hot water Handful of basil Seasoning |
Handy Hinti prefer to use Knorr as less salt than oxo cube |
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MethodHeat oil in pan.Add onions and garlic, fry for two mins. Add plum and fresh tomatoes and dissolve the stock cube in 1 pint of hot water in a jug, pour it in the pan with the tomatoes. Simmer for 15 mins. Tear basil into soup. Simmer for 30 - 45 mins on low heat. Blend with a hand blender and season to taste. Serve with crusty bread | |||||||||||||||||||
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