Fresh Tomato Soup

Name: Fresh Tomato Soup
Prep time: 25 min
Cook time: 35 min
Total time: 60 min
Yield: 8
Cuisine: British
Ingredients: 900g (32oz) ripe tomatoes roughly chopped; 1 small onion chopped; 1 tbsp (15ml) vegetable oil; 1 sugar cube; 1 orange; 1.8 litres (3 pints) chicken or vegetable stock*; 2 cloves; bouquet garni (a bay leaf, a sprig of thyme and 3 stalks of parsley); Fresh thyme leaves, to garnish

Credited to: Complete Low Fat, Published by Hamlyn Octopus Publishing Group/Simon Smith

Kcal: 64.0

Serves 8

25 mins prep

35 mins cooking time

Ingredients

900g (32oz) ripe tomatoes roughly chopped
1 small onion chopped
1 tbsp (15ml) vegetable oil
1 sugar cube
1 orange
1.8 litres (3 pints) chicken or vegetable stock*
2 cloves
bouquet garni (a bay leaf, a sprig of thyme and 3 stalks of parsley)
Fresh thyme leaves, to garnish

Notes: *Please check our Food and Drink Information for suitable products.

Method

Soften the tomatoes and onion in the oil for about 8 minutes
Rub the sugar cube over the orange peel, to absorb the zest, and add the sugar cube and remaining ingredients to the tomato mixture
Bring to the boil, cover and simmer for 25 minutes
Remove the cloves and bouquet garni
Blend the soup in a liquidiser, then push with a wooden spoon through a fine sieve
Reheat and serve garnished with a few thyme leaves.