Tomato and basil soup
Servings: 4
Ingredients
- 50 g Cooking oil
- 1 onion chopped
- 1 stalk celery chopped
- 1 cloves garlic minced
- 1 bunch fresh basil
- 1 tin chopped tomato 375g
- 1 l vegetable broth
- Salt, ground black pepper, sugar
- 1 tbsp tomato paste
Instructions
- In a large pot add oil, onion and garlic over medium heat. Cook for 3 minutes until onions are translucent.
- Add salt, pepper, tomato paste, basil, chopped tomatoes and broth. Bring to a boil.
- Reduce the heat and simmer for 15 minutes covered with lid.
- Remove from the heat, add fresh basil and blend with a stick blender.
- Bring back to the medium heat and add one tea spoon sugar. Adjust the salt and sugar according to you taste.
- Allow to cool 2 minutes and serve topped with croutons, hard-boiled egg quarters, parmesan shavings or cream.