The Excellent Tomato Soup

Total Time: 30 mins Preparation Time: 10 mins Cook Time: 20 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 2
• 1/2 onion
• 2 garlic cloves
• 1 stalk celery
• 3 tablespoons olive oil
• 1 (14 ounce) can tomatoes
• 1 bay leaf
• 3 tablespoons tomato paste
• thyme (optional)
• parsley (optional)
• basil (optional)
• 1 quart water
• beef bouillon cubes or vegetable bouillon cube

Recipe

• 1 as this is a sort of do-it-as-you-like dish, if you have them at home, fry some onion, celery and garlic in the oil.
• 2 otherwise any kind of good roots.
• 3 add the bay leaf, tomato paste and the herbs you have handy.
• 4 dilute with the tomatoes, stock cubes and water and let simmer for 1/2 hour.
• 5 blend smooth in a food processor and, if handy, with cream, olive oil or crème fraîche.
• 6 add salt, black pepper and maybe some lemon.
• 7 as a garniture i recommend canned pesto, fresh green pepper, pasta or bread croutons.
• 8 for vegetarian use the vegetable bouillon cube.