- Prep Time: 10 minutes
- Cook Time: 15 minutes
- Serving: 4
Nutrition facts (per portion)
- Calories: 213
- Fat Content: 14g
- Saturated Fat Content: 7g
- Carbohydrate Content: 14g
- Sugar Content: 13g
- Fiber Content: 4g
- Protein Content: 8g
- Sodium Content: 1.15g
Rich tomato soup with pesto
Ingredients
- butter - 1 tbsp butter or olive oil
- garlic-clove - 2 garlic cloves, crushed
- sunblush-tomato - 5 soft sun-dried or SunBlush tomatoes in oil, roughly chopped
- plum-tomato - 3 x 400g cans plum tomatoes
- vegetable-stock - 500ml turkey or vegetable stock
- sugar - 1 tsp sugar, any type, or more to taste
- soured-cream - 142ml pot soured cream
- pesto - 125g pot fresh basil pesto
- basil-leaf - basil leaves, to serve
Instructions
- Heat the butter or oil in a large pan, then add the garlic and soften for a few mins over a low heat. Add the sun-dried or SunBlush tomatoes, canned tomatoes, stock, sugar and seasoning, then bring to a simmer. Let the soup bubble for 10 mins until the tomatoes have broken down a little.
- Whizz with a stick blender, adding half the pot of soured cream as you go. Taste and adjust the seasoning - add more sugar if you need to. Serve in bowls with 1 tbsp or so of the pesto swirled on top, a little more soured cream and scatter with basil leaves.
Healthy soup recipe for 4 people, takes only 15 mins; recipe has butter, garlic clove, sunblush tomato, plum tomato, vegetable stock, sugar, soured cream, pesto and basil leaf.
