TOMATENSUPPE   MIT   BASILIKUM 

Tomato Soup with Basil

1 bunch green
1 onion
2 cloves of garlic
1 kg ripe tomatoes
2 tbsp. butter
2 tbsp. tomato paste
2-3 stock cubes of vegetable soup
1 tbsp. Provençal herbs
salt, pepper
1 bunch basil
4 tsp. creme fraiche

 

 

Cut green, onion and garlic into small cubes. Dice tomatoes, one reserve for added to soup.
Heat butter in a pot, add green, onion and garlic and braise lightly all. Stir in tomato paste and add tomatoes. Douse with 1 litre water and bring to the boil. Stir in stock cubes and add herbs. Let all simmer for about 1 hour. Cut basil into stripes.
Blend soup and seson to taste with salt and pepper. Add basil stripes, cut reserved tomato into cubes and warm up them in soup. Serve soup with a blob of creme fraiche.

 

     
     
 

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