Fresh Tomato Soup With Basil

Total Time: 55 mins Preparation Time: 10 mins Cook Time: 45 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 4
• 700 g ripe tomatoes, quartered with skin on
• 1 medium onion, roughly chopped
• 1 medium potato, cubed
• 1 garlic clove, crushed
• 2 tablespoons butter or 2 tablespoons olive oil
• 500 ml chicken stock or 500 ml vegetable stock
• 2 teaspoons fresh basil, torn or 1 teaspoon dried basil
• salt & freshly ground black pepper
• 1 -2 teaspoon worcestershire sauce (optional)

Recipe

• 1 heat the butter or olive oil in a thick saucepan, and add in the chopped onion, garlic and potato and soften them gently without browning for about 10-15 minutes.
• 2 add the tomatoes, if you are using dried basil then add it in now alongwith the worcestershire sauce, stir well and let them cook for a minute.
• 3 pour in the stock and give it a good stir and season with salt and pepper and cover and simmer for 30 minutes.
• 4 blitz the soup and then pass it through a sieve to extract the skins and pips.
• 5 check seasoning, add in the fresh basil then return the pan to heat and bring to boil again.
• 6 serve hot or ice-cold.