Ridiculously quick and easy tomato soup with basil oil

Name: Ridiculously quick and easy tomato soup with basil oil
Yield: 6 people
Cuisine: British
Ingredients: 1 kg tomatoes chopped; 50 g salted butter; 500 ml vegetable or chicken stock; Salt and pepper; 2 tsp chilli flakes (or to taste); Handful basil leaves (optional); 4 tbsp olive oil (optional)

claireb @cook_9073074

The butter is the key to this amazingly tasty soup. It only takes 20 minutes! Perfect for a summer lunch.

claireb @cook_9073074

The butter is the key to this amazingly tasty soup. It only takes 20 minutes! Perfect for a summer lunch.

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Ingredients

6 people

1 kgtomatoes chopped
50 gsalted butter
500 mlvegetable or chicken stock
Salt and pepper
2 tspchilli flakes (or to taste)
Handfulbasil leaves (optional)
4 tbspolive oil (optional)

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Steps

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Melt the butter over a medium heat.
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Once the butter is sizzling throw in the tomatoes
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Stir and put the lid on. Allow to simmer for 10 minutes over a medium heat stirring occasionally.
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Add the stock, a good twist of black pepper and chilli flakes.
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Bring back to the boil then purée with a hand held mixer.
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The soup is now ready to eat but if you wish, you can push it through a sieve to remove the bits (we actually like them so I never do this).
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In a food processor, puree the basil, additional olive oil and a twist of salt and pepper. Dribble the basil oil into the soup and serve.
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