Tomato and basil soup, one of the family’s favourite.
Ingredients (4 servings)
2 400g tins of good quality chopped tomatoes
30g of fresh basil, chopped, stalks and all
1 garlic clove
1 tsp sugar
800ml good quality chicken stock
6 sun dried tomatoes (in olive oil)
Fresh ground black pepper to taste
Method
Add everything to the pan apart from half the basil and the sun dried tomatoes.
Bring to the boil and simmer gently for around 20mins.
Allow to cool a little and then blitz with a hand blender until smooth.
add the sun dried tomatoes and the rest of the basil and blitz again.
pour into bowls and enjoy with some nice bread