Easy Cream Of Tomato And Basil Soup – Italy, Abruzzo

Friday, March 12, 2010 10:03
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What’s Cooking … The food of Italy is one of the special reasons why we love “il bel paese″ so much, so why not treat yourself to a cookery holiday and learn all about the magnificent Abruzzo cuisine… Abruzzo is a region steeped in tradition, with a rich history that dates far back. And for just as long, Abruzzo has had its own style of wine-making, cooking, and olive oil producing. Here, food, wine, culture and tradition is unlike any other in Italy, and in Abruzzo, much of this tradition has remained unchanged and timeless. We invite you to come sit at our table and share our wine for an authentic Abruzzese Experience.

Walking & Cooking – If you enjoy good food, walking in stunning scenery and fancy learning some authentic cooking skills, our walking and cooking holidays have all the right ingredients!

To be here is to be in tune with the Seasons and the Elements, walking through budding beech-forests, wading through seas of spring flowers, or lying on a sun-warmed rock to watch clouds drift by and an Golden Eagle circling over landscape … there is a feeling of peace, born of the sense of belonging and deep contentment of the people who live here in harmony with their environment.

Cream of Tomato and Basil Soup – Italy, Abruzzo
from ‘Easy Recipes

INGREDIENTS:

1 Onion
4 Garlic Cloves
1 Long Sweet Red Pepper
12 Medium Size Tomatoes
2 oz or 50g Butter
250ml Chicken Stock
75ml Double Cream
1 Desert Spoon of Dried Basil
Some Fresh Basil
¼ Tsp Ground White Pepper
1 Level Tsp Sea Salt

Peel and chop the garlic cloves and the onion. De-seed and chop the long sweet red pepper. Melt the butter in a large saucepan and add the onion, garlic and sweet red pepper. Cover and simmer gently stirring now and then until the onions are soft – about ten minutes.

Meanwhile, cut the tomatoes in half, splitting where the stalk was. Cut out a V to remove the hard stalk remnants and roughly chop the tomatoes. Add them to the other ingredients and bring everything back to a simmer. Add the dry basil, salt and pepper, cover, and let it all stew gently for about 20 minutes stirring occasionally.

Add the chicken stock and simmer gently for another ten minutes.

Remove from the heat and now blend all the ingredients in a liquidiser or with an electric hand blender. Return it to the saucepan, taste and adjust the seasoning if necessary.

Stir in 50ml of double cream saving 25ml for presentation. Serve with some torn fresh basil leaves and a swirl of cream. Revel in the taste, consume luxuriously then relax for ten minutes.

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