Come back to life… Tomato soup…

Flu season this year seems to have been one of the hardest I have seen in a while… We were all sick at home, taking turns at the doctor for more than a month. I had been away in Spain checking the renovation at my aunt’s apartment, and to my return I found my daughter still with a strong flu and without any strength.   I asked her what she would like to eat… sitting on the sofa looking pale, she replied… “tomato soup from real tomatoes please… that goooood sh_t!!!”

So here is the recipe… the soup brought a great smile to her face, and I enjoyed watching her eat it, savouring every spoon.  This is a vegan recipe.

Ingredients:

• Olive oil
• 2 cloves of garlic
• 2 onions
• 2 kg. of ripe tomatoes
• Basil leaf
• Fresh thyme
• 2 cups of vegetable stock
• salt, pepper to taste
• Fresh basil leaves to serve

Preparation:

• Chop onions, celery and garlic
• Heat olive oil, add onions, celery and garlic until brown and caramelised.

• Chop tomatoes, add them to the caramelised onions
• Add laurel leaf and thyme and cook for 10 minutes
• Add vegetable stock, simmer for 15 minutes

 

• Take out laurel leaf and thyme
• Blend soup with a hand blender
• Strain it, and season it with salt and pepper.

 

• Serve it with a splash of fresh olive oil, fresh Basil or parsley and homemade garlic croutons.
• For homemade croutons, just cut bread in small pieces, any white or wheat bread will do… add some olive oil to a pan, roast a clove of garlic, add the bread keep moving it until it is brown.

 

 

 

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