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Country Style Tomato Soup

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• Ingredients
• • 450g (1lb) fresh ripe tomatoes
  • 1 onion peeled and finely chopped
  • 1 carrot peeled and finely chopped
  • 25g (1oz) butter
  • 900ml (1.5 pints) vegetable stock
  • 1 sprig of basil, leaves removed from the stalk
  • 1 bay leaf
  • 25g (1oz) brown rice or small pasta shapes
  • Seasoning
  • 1 tsp caster sugar
  • 1 tbsp fresh parsley chopped
  • 1 tbsp fresh mint, chopped

Method

1. Peel the tomatoes by immersing in boiling water. Wait for 20 seconds and pour off the hot water and cover with cold water. The skins should come away easily.
2. Cut the tomatoes into quarters, remove the seeds and chop the remaining flesh into small pieces. Melt the butter in a large ovenproof pan and fry the onion and carrot until soft, but not brown, on the simmering hotplate
3. Add the tomatoes, stock, basil leaves, bay leaf, seasoning and rice or pasta. Bring to the boil on the boiling hotplate, cover and transfer to the simmering hotplate and leave until the rice or pasta is cooked
4. Test the seasoning and add the sugar. Just before serving remove the bay leaf and add the parsley and mint

Suitable for vegetarians