Recipe: Yummy Tomato Soup w/ cheesy croutons (V)

Tomato Soup w/ cheesy croutons (V).

You can cook Tomato Soup w/ cheesy croutons (V) using 7 ingredients and 10 steps. Here is how you cook it.

Ingredients of Tomato Soup w/ cheesy croutons (V)

1. You need 880 g of Tomatoes.
2. You need 4 of garlic cloves.
3. You need 1 of beef stock cube (or vegetable stock if you are vegetarian).
4. It's 5 g of fresh basil.
5. Prepare 40 g of ciabatta.
6. It's 50 g of butter.
7. You need 20 g of grated parmesan (or vegetarian alternative).

Tomato Soup w/ cheesy croutons (V) step by step

1. Pretty heat an oven to 220°C/200°C fan..
2. Quarter the tomatoes and place on a baking tray. Drizzle with olive oil and season with salt and pepper. Then place in the oven for 20-25mins..
3. Mean while finely dice / grate / crush the garlic..
4. Boil a kettle and dissolve the beef stock cube in 1 litre of boiled water..
5. Once the tomatoes a roasted, heat a large pot over a medium to low heat with a drizzle of olive oil and the butter..
6. Once heated add the garlic and cook for 2-3mins..
7. Turn up to a medium-high heat and add the tomatoes. Cook for 5mins then add the stock. Cook for a further 20-25mins until reduced by about half..
8. Meanwhile, cut the ciabatta into bitesize pieces. Place on a baking tray, drizzle with olive oil, season with salt and pepper and sprinkle over the cheese. Bake in the oven for 10-12mins or until the pieces are nice and brown..
9. Once the tomato soup is cooked. Take off the heat and use a hand blender to blend it into a smooth soup. Return to a low heat to heat through and add some basil to your taste..
10. Once warmed through, serve with the croutons on top..