Spicy Tomato and basil Soup with Cheezy Meatballs

Name: Spicy Tomato and basil Soup with Cheezy Meatballs
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: South African
Ingredients: preparing the tomatoes; 5 Large Tomatoes; dash olive oil; dash Tabasco sauce; salt and pepper; stuffing the meatballs; 10 ready made meatballs; 10 blocks sharp cheddar cheese; for the soup; 1 Tblsp Olive Oil; 4 Cloves Garlic roughly chopped; 1/2 cup torn basil leaves; 10 roughly chopped jalapenos (vinegar jalapenos drained); 70 g tomato paste (small can); 2 Tblsp Red Pepper and Chilli Pesto; 1 Tsp Cumin Powder; 1 Cup Cream; to taste salt and pepper

Navitha @cook_2926118

Hot and tangy soulfood to offer comfort from the winter's cold.

Navitha @cook_2926118

Hot and tangy soulfood to offer comfort from the winter's cold.

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Ingredients

4 servings

preparing the tomatoes
5Large Tomatoes
dasholive oil
dashTabasco sauce
salt and pepper
stuffing the meatballs
10ready made meatballs
10 blockssharp cheddar cheese
for the soup
1Tblsp Olive Oil
4 ClovesGarlic roughly chopped
1/2 cuptorn basil leaves
10roughly chopped jalapenos (vinegar jalapenos drained)
70 gtomato paste (small can)
2Tblsp Red Pepper and Chilli Pesto
1 TspCumin Powder
1 CupCream
to tastesalt and pepper

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Steps

1

Place ripe tomatoes onto a baking sheet with bottom end facing upwards.
2

Score tomatoes in a cross cross fashion and drizzle with some olive oil and Tabasco sauce. Season with salt and pepper.
3

Roast in oven at 100°C until tomatoes are cooked. Remove from oven and let cool.
4

In the mean time...
5

Prepare meatballs for stuffing
6

Place block of cheese into meatball
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Close meatball around cheese.
8

Put 1 Tbsp Olive oil into a saucepan. Toss in Garlic pieces and sautè briefly.
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Add in stuffed meatballs.
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Cook meatballs until lightly browned then remove from saucepan.
11

Put chopped roasted tomatoes, basil, jalapenos, cumin powder, tomatoes paste and roasted red pepper and Chilli Pesto into saucepan and heat through.
12

Add in the cream and season with salt and pepper then bring to a boil. Remove from heat and cool.
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Once cooled blend until smooth. (I find that a stick blender works best with soups). I've also added about 1/4 cup of water to thin soup to my desired consistency.
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Drop meatballs into SOUP and return to heat until meatballs are cooked.
15

Serve with garlic bread or cheesy chilli and garlic rolls.