Garlic Soup with Tomato
- 4 thin slices peasant bread
- 3 medium tomatoes, cut into chunks
- 10 cloves garlic, smashed, peeled, and coarsely chopped
- 2 medium bell peppers, red, green, yellow, or a combination, cored, seeded, de-ribbed, and cut into chunks
- 1/2 cup (125 ml) olive oil
- 2 teaspoons coarse salt, or to taste
- freshly ground black pepper, to taste
- Heat the oven to 225F (107C; less than #1/2 gas mark; less than #1/4 British regulo).
- Lay the bread directly on the middle rack and bake for 15 to 20 minutes, just to dry it out.
- In a food processor, pulse the tomatoes, half of the garlic, and the bell peppers until coarsely chopped.
- In a medium saucepan, heat the oil over medium heat.
- Scrape the vegetables into the pan.
- Cook, stirring occasionally, for 5 minutes.
- Stir in the remaining garlic, the salt, and 2 cups (500 ml) water.
- Bring to a boil.
- Lower the heat and simmer for 10 minutes.
- Season with pepper.
- The soup can be made ahead to this point and refrigerated for up to 2 days.
- If it has been refrigerated, quickly bring the soup back to a boil.
- Lay 1 slice of dry bread in the bottom of each of four shallow soup bowls.
- Pour the soup over the bread.
- Let sit for 10 minutes.
- Serve.
thin slices, tomatoes, garlic, bell peppers, olive oil, coarse salt, freshly ground black pepper
Taken from www.epicurious.com/recipes/food/views/garlic-soup-with-tomato-15613 (may not work)