Cold Tomato Soup Italian Style
A cool, refreshing and flavoursome starter on a hot summers day. Or enjoy as a healthy lunch.
Serves 6-8
Ingredients
- 2½ Massel Vegetable Ultracubes or 5 Massel Vegetable 7’s Stock Cubes
- ½ Massel Ultracube Chicken Style or 1 Massel 7’s Chicken Style Stock Cube
- 1kg/2.2 lbs of Ripe Cherry (or Mini-Roma) Tomatoes
- 1 Garlic Clove
- ½ cup of fresh Basil Leaves, chopped
- 1piece French Bread (3-4 inches/10cm long), cut into slices or pieces
- 1 ½ cups of Water
- ¼ cup Virgin Olive Oil
Method
- Dissolve ½ an Ultracube or 1x 7’s Chicken Style in 1 cup of water and soak the bread in it. Set aside.
- Wash the tomatoes; take off stems if needed.
- Peel the garlic cloves.
- Place the tomatoes, garlic, ½ of the basil, the Massel vegetable stock cubes, the soaked bread (with its broth) in a blender.
- Blend at the highest speed until nice and smooth. The mixture must have some consistency (not watery).
- Pour into a jar and refrigerate.
- Serve with a couple of drops of olive oil and a small sprinkle of basil.
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