Tomato soup

Name: Tomato soup
Total time: 40 min
Cuisine: British
Ingredients: 2 tbsp olive oil; 1 onion, chopped; 2 carrots, chopped; 3 garlic cloves, crushed; 2 tins chopped tomatoes (400 g); 2 tbsp tomato purée; 500ml vegetable stock; 1 tsp caster sugar; 50ml double cream, optional

Classic tomato soup with a deep roasted flavour from tinned tomatoes and a little sugar. Good with buttered bread.

Time40 min
LevelEasy
Costabout £0.80 a head

4 servings

Ingredients

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2 tbspolive oil
1onionchopped
2carrotschopped
3garlic clovescrushed
2tins chopped tomatoes (400 g)
2 tbsptomato purée
500 mlvegetable stock
1 tspcaster sugar
50 mldouble creamoptional

Method

1
Heat the oil in a large pan and cook the onion and carrots over a medium heat for 10 minutes until soft.
10 min
2
Add the garlic and tomato purée and cook for 1 minute, stirring.
3
Add the tomatoes, stock and sugar. Bring to the boil, then simmer for 20 minutes.
20 min
4
Blend until completely smooth. Stir in the cream if using and season to taste.
5
Reheat gently and serve hot.

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