Soupe Au Pistou

Total Time: 35 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 20 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 4
• 6 cups boiling water
• 1 lb french beans, cleaned,cut in 1 inch lengths
• 4 medium potatoes, chopped finely
• 3 tomatoes, peeled,chopped
• 1/4 lb vermicelli
• 3 cloves garlic
• 1 cup fresh basil
• 1 grilled tomato, peeled and seeded
• grated gruyere cheese

Recipe

• 1 put the beans, potatoes and tomatoes into the boiling water.
• 2 season with salt and pepper and boil over a hot fire.
• 3 when the vegetables are almost cooked, add the vermicelli and finish cooking gently.
• 4 make the aillade: in a blender, blend the garlic, basil and grilled tomato until thoroughly smooth.
• 5 add 3 tablespoonfuls of the liquid from the pistou (soup).
• 6 pour the pistou into a tureen, stir in the aillade and top with some grated gruyere (swiss) cheese.