Convent Garden Roasted Tomato Soup With Basil Puree Recipes

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 400 degrees F. Toss together the tomatoes, 1/4 cup olive oil, salt, and pepper. Spread the tomatoes in 1 layer on a baking sheet and roast for 45 minutes.
• In an 8-quart stockpot over medium heat, saute the onions and garlic with 2 tablespoons of olive oil, the butter, and red pepper flakes for 10 minutes, until the onions start to brown. Add the canned tomatoes, basil, thyme, and chicken stock. Add the oven-roasted tomatoes, including the liquid on the baking sheet. Bring to a boil and simmer uncovered for 40 minutes. Pass through a food mill fitted with the coarsest blade. Taste for seasonings. Serve hot or cold.

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 325 degrees F (165 degrees C).
• Arrange tomatoes on a baking sheet; drizzle with 2 tablespoons olive oil. Add garlic and 3 sprigs chopped thyme; toss. Season with salt and black pepper.
• Bake in preheated oven until very tender and browned, about 2 hours.
• Heat remaining 2 tablespoons olive oil in a Dutch oven or heavy pot over medium heat; cook and stir onion, celery, and zucchini until tender, about 5 minutes. Stir in red pepper flakes, paprika, and curry powder. Season with salt and black pepper and add remaining 3 sprigs chopped thyme. Stir in roasted tomatoes along with any liquid from the baking sheet. Cook and stir for 5 more minutes; pour chicken broth into tomato mixture. Simmer for 20 minutes.
• Blend with an emersion blender until desired consistency. Stir in cream and basil before serving.

Steps:

• preheat grill to hot hot hot. cut the tomatos in half and place cut side up on a baking sheet gril until soft and beginning to darken at edges. this took me 30min approximately when softa little dark take out and preheat oven to gas mark 5.
• heat the olive oil with the garlic and herbs in a large saucepan. when hot add teh other veggies. cook over a moderate heat for a few minutes stirring now and then until the veg begins to soften. transfer these veggies onto a raosting tin and roast in oven til soft. it took me about 40min approximatley.
• remove from oven and puree in liquidiser with tomatoes, lemon juice, tomato puree and sugar add water if you need to to make a smooth pouring consistency.
• to make the baisl puree pound the basil leaves in a pestle and mortar with salt until smooth add the olive oil and vinegar and stir well. dollop a heaped teaspoon of the pureee on the soup and eat with bread and stuff yummy!