rt of chemicals they've had on them, do you? — and cut them into quarters. Then you I'm sorry, I didn't say how many tomatoes, did I?
My book says 700 grams for four to six people, but I don't find that's enough, because the soup's so good that everybody asks for more. So I usually make twice as much. If they don't eat it all you can always freeze it. I use about one and a half kilos of tomatoes, and two or three big onions, or five or six small ones. You must have enough onions — that's what makes the soup taste good, OK, so you chop the onions and cut the tomatoes into quarters. When you've done that, you put some butter in a big saucepan — or you can use margarine or oil instead, if you prefer put it on a low heat and fry* the onions and garlic gently for three or four minutes. Yeah, sorry, 1 should have said — you need two cloves* of garlic, chopped up small or crushed*. You might like to throw in a piece of bacon rind* as well. Keep stirring* everything gently while it's frying.
After three or four minutes, put the tomatoes into tile saucepan, and pour in some water about a quarter of a litre. A bit more if the tomatoes aren't very juicy. Add plenty of salt and pepper, and herbs if you want to. Stir everything thoroughly, put the lid on the saucepan, and bring it to the boil* Then leave it to cook slowly over a low heat for an hour or so. Pour yourself another glass of wine.
When it's ready -= you can tell if it's ready, because everything's soft and it smells terrific —when it's ready, take it off the cooker and strain* it carefully through a sieve*. Actually, it's best if you've got one of those little
machines where you turn a handle and it pushes everything through a round metal plate with little holes in — you know what I mean?
Put the soup back into the saucepan and see whether it needs any more salt. Then bring it to the boil again. Cook it gently for two or three minutes; keep stirring it. When you serve it, you can mix in some milk if you like, but I don't bother I think it's nice as it is. You're supposed to
make croutons* as well — you know, little squares of toast or fried
bread but I don't bother about that either. It's too much trouble. Do try
it. You'll thank me.
rt of chemicals they've had on them, do you? — and cut them into quarters. Then you I'm sorry, I didn't say how many tomatoes, did I?
My book says 700 grams for four to six people, but I don't find that's enough, because the soup's so good that everybody asks for more. So I usually make twice as much. If they don't eat it all you can always freeze it. I use about one and a half kilos of tomatoes, and two or three big onions, or five or six small ones. You must have enough onions — that's what makes the soup taste good, OK, so you chop the onions and cut the tomatoes into quarters. When you've done that, you put some butter in a big saucepan — or you can use margarine or oil instead, if you prefer put it on a low heat and fry* the onions and garlic gently for three or four minutes. Yeah, sorry, 1 should have said — you need two cloves* of garlic, chopped up small or crushed*. You might like to throw in a piece of bacon rind* as well. Keep stirring* everything gently while it's frying.
After three or four minutes, put the tomatoes into tile saucepan, and pour in some water about a quarter of a litre. A bit more if the tomatoes aren't very juicy. Add plenty of salt and pepper, and herbs if you want to. Stir everything thoroughly, put the lid on the saucepan, and bring it to the boil* Then leave it to cook slowly over a low heat for an hour or so. Pour yourself another glass of wine.
When it's ready -= you can tell if it's ready, because everything's soft and it smells terrific —when it's ready, take it off the cooker and strain* it carefully through a sieve*. Actually, it's best if you've got one of those little
machines where you turn a handle and it pushes everything through a round metal plate with little holes in — you know what I mean?
Put the soup back into the saucepan and see whether it needs any more salt. Then bring it to the boil again. Cook it gently for two or three minutes; keep stirring it. When you serve it, you can mix in some milk if you like, but I don't bother I think it's nice as it is. You're supposed to
make croutons* as well — you know, little squares of toast or fried
bread but I don't bother about that either. It's too much trouble. Do try
it. You'll thank me.
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