Tuscan Bread and Tomato Soup

Ingredients:

500g tomatoes
2 garlic cloves
crushed chillies
basil
1lt beef stock
300g day old bread
extra virgin olive oil

How to make:

• Heat some oil in a large saucepan or pot.
  
  
• Gently fry the garlic and some chillies, removing the garlic when golden brown.
  
  
• Puree the tomatoes then add to the pot with some basil and cook for a couple of minutes.
  
  
• Then add the bread, thinly sliced and mix.
  
  
• When the bread has soaked up the sauce, add the hot stock.
  
  
• Season with salt and pepper.
  
  
• Cook for 15 minutes adding more stock if necessary.
  
  
• Rest for an hour, then mix again to dissolve the bread.
  
  
• Serve hot, but not piping hot, with a drizzle of olive oil and garnish with fresh basil leaves.

Serves 4

www.natoora.co.uk