Soups and Stews Recipes - Bread Soup with Tomatoes Recipe

Ingredients

• 2 peppers

• 2 cloves garlic

• 1 bunch parsley

• 150 g/5 oz white bread

• 3 shallots

• 2 tablespoons olive oil

• 1 large can tomatoes  (800 g/1 3/4 lb)

• 500 ml/17 fl oz (2 1/4 cups) vegetable stock (broth)

• Salt

• pepper

• some olive oil with spices

Serves 4

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Method:

1. Remove the seeds from the peppers and cut into narrow strips. Peel the garlic and cut into wafer-thin slices. Chop the parsley. Remove the crusts and cut the bread into strips about 1.5 cm/1/2 in thick.

2. Peel and chop the shallots. Heat some oil in a large saucepan and fry the chopped shallots lightly.

3. Add the tomatoes and juice, peppers, parsley and garlic to the saucepan. Mash the tomatoes with a fork until smooth. Stir well and add the vegetable stock (broth).

4. Season with salt and pepper. Bring the soup to the boil, stir, reduce the heat and simmer for about 15 minutes.

5. Add the bread strips to the soup and continue simmering for another 10 minutes. Pour the soup into the bowls and add a dash of olive oil to each one.

Note: This bread soup with tomatoes is spicy and nourishing. The peppers and garlic give it its piquant flavor, while the white bread and tomatoes provide the bulk which makes it so nourishing.