Farm Holidays Tuscany
Farm Holidays Tuscany
Tuscan Recipes - Tomato Bread Soup 
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Tomato Bread Soup
 

A typical Tuscan soup, with many personal variations.

10 ripe tomatoes
olive oil
3 garlic cloves
1/4 to 1/2 loaf old dry country bread
2 1/4 pints/6 cups/1.5L stock (instant or real) lots of basil

 

Place the crushed garlic cloves in the olive oil and heat. When they are brown remove them and add the peeled tomatoes. Cook for 1/2 an hour. Heat the stock and add the tomato sauce, the bread and half the basil and cook
until it reduces almost completely. Stir often so that the bread breaks up completely. Can be served either hot or cold. When you serve pour a little olive oil on top and the remaining fresh basil leaves.