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Yummy tomato soup..
Try this one, you'll never buy Heinz again ...
Ingredients
* Cooking oil
* A 400g can of peeled plum tomatoes (not chopped tomatoes)
* 1 dessert spoon of margarine or butter
* 2 dessert spoons of tomato purée
* 1 onion
* 1 red pepper
* 1 potato
* (optional) 3 rashers of smoky bacon, chopped
* Salt
* 2 tsp basil
Method
* Dice onion, red pepper and potato.
* Gently sweat the diced onion and red pepper in a little oil and a small amount (dessert spoon) of butter or margarine.
* After a couple of minutes, add the diced potato and bacon (if used) and allow to cook slowly for 10 minutes.
* After the 10 minutes, take just the juice from the can of tomatoes and add water to make the juice up to 500ml.
* Then add to the onion and potato in the pan.
* Add tomatoes from the can.
* Stir in 2 dessert spoons of tomato puree.
* Add a pinch of salt and 2 tsp basil.
* Allow to simmer uncovered until potato is soft.
* Blend until smooth and if you fancy a little decadence, add a swirl of cream!
Instead of the cream (yuk) I cut some ¾inch slices of French Bread, toasted them on one side, flipped them over, grated a pile of Cheddar on top and grilled them until the cheese was melted and beginning to brown slightly ... A couple of these cheese-toasty 'croutons' were floated on the top of each bowl of soup
16:50 Fri 05th Nov 2010
Ingredients
* Cooking oil
* A 400g can of peeled plum tomatoes (not chopped tomatoes)
* 1 dessert spoon of margarine or butter
* 2 dessert spoons of tomato purée
* 1 onion
* 1 red pepper
* 1 potato
* (optional) 3 rashers of smoky bacon, chopped
* Salt
* 2 tsp basil
Method
* Dice onion, red pepper and potato.
* Gently sweat the diced onion and red pepper in a little oil and a small amount (dessert spoon) of butter or margarine.
* After a couple of minutes, add the diced potato and bacon (if used) and allow to cook slowly for 10 minutes.
* After the 10 minutes, take just the juice from the can of tomatoes and add water to make the juice up to 500ml.
* Then add to the onion and potato in the pan.
* Add tomatoes from the can.
* Stir in 2 dessert spoons of tomato puree.
* Add a pinch of salt and 2 tsp basil.
* Allow to simmer uncovered until potato is soft.
* Blend until smooth and if you fancy a little decadence, add a swirl of cream!
Instead of the cream (yuk) I cut some ¾inch slices of French Bread, toasted them on one side, flipped them over, grated a pile of Cheddar on top and grilled them until the cheese was melted and beginning to brown slightly ... A couple of these cheese-toasty 'croutons' were floated on the top of each bowl of soup
16:50 Fri 05th Nov 2010
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first of all, this wasn´t my recipe!! it was Naz´s.
snowy, there aren´t any rules when it comes to making soup. i used to also use a spud masher some years ago with no probs. by all means add chilli powder. The trick is when you want a wholesome soup and you havent got a blender or fancy gadget, is to cut up/finely chop all ingredients saute add water or stock, boil for a few minutes, simmer for about 20 mins or so, and thats it. yes sometimes it can a case of trial and eror
good luck
ps.. i nicked this recipe to copy and paste into my pendrive.
snowy, there aren´t any rules when it comes to making soup. i used to also use a spud masher some years ago with no probs. by all means add chilli powder. The trick is when you want a wholesome soup and you havent got a blender or fancy gadget, is to cut up/finely chop all ingredients saute add water or stock, boil for a few minutes, simmer for about 20 mins or so, and thats it. yes sometimes it can a case of trial and eror
good luck
ps.. i nicked this recipe to copy and paste into my pendrive.
Heaps of great 'proven' recipes here ... http://s6.zetaboards....tterbank/forum/12232/
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