You asked for recipes, Vagus, and this has turned into a soup maker versus pan on the hob debate. Try this one.
Method:
Pre-heat the oven to 200oC / Gas Mark 6.
1 Place the tomatoes skin side up into a roasting tin with the red
onion and garlic. Drizzle over the olive oil, balsamic vinegar and
season with salt and milled pepper. Roast for 20 minutes until
softened and slightly charred.
2 Carefully place the roasted vegetables into the Soup Maker pour in the chicken stock, add the tomato puree, brown sugar, fresh basil.
3 Select the smooth setting. Once the soup is ready, season to tasteand serve.
Ingredients:
• 8 very ripe tomatoes cut in half
• 2 red onions cut into wedges
• 4 garlic cloves
• 1tbsp olive oil
• 1 tbsp balsamic vinegar
• Salt and ground black pepper
• 750ml chicken stock, made
from stock cubes
• 2 tsp tomato puree
• 1 tsp brown sugar
• 10g fresh basil