Tomato & Bread Soup

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recipe by Octopus Publishing https://octopusbooks.co.uk/

  • Time icon
    Total Time
    45mins
  • Serves icon
    Serves
    4
  • Calories icon
    Calories
    335

This Italian-style soup is a fantastic way to use up leftover stale bread, making a hearty, comforting tomato soup the whole family will love. Feel free to add a scattering of fresh basil leaves for freshness.

recipe updated Jan 7, 2021

Ingredients

  • Vine tomatoes icon
    Vine tomatoes
    910 g
  • Garlic clove icon
    Garlic clove
    2
  • Fresh basil leaves icon
    Fresh basil leaves
    2 tablespoons
  • Vegetable stock icon
    Vegetable stock
    300 ml
  • Extra virgin olive oil icon
    Extra virgin olive oil
    6 tablespoons
  • Sugar icon
    Sugar
    1 teaspoon
  • Stale bread icon
    Stale bread
    115 g
  • Balsamic vinegar icon
    Balsamic vinegar
    1 tablespoon
  • Salt & pepper icon
    Salt & pepper
    as needed

Tools

  • kCook icon Stove
  • kCook icon Saucepan

Step preview

  1. Add vine tomatoes, vegetable stock, extra virgin olive oil, garlic clove, sugar and fresh basil leaves to a clean saucepan
  2. Heat gently and bring to a boil
  3. Cover then reduce heat
  4. Simmer gently - 30 min
  5. Crumble stale bread over the saucepan
  6. Stir until thickened - low heat
  7. Add balsamic vinegar and extra virgin olive oil to the saucepan while mixing
  8. Season with salt & pepper
  9. Serve immediately
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