Tomato And Pepper Soup

Total Time: 45 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 30 mins

Ingredients

• 500 g onions (thats about 5 red onion sized, diced)
• 500 g tomatoes (thats probably about 6-8 normal salad sized, diced)
• 200 g red peppers (thats 2 there abouts, diced)
• 1 handful basil leaves
• 2 teaspoons red wine vinegar
• 1 teaspoon sugar
• 1 teaspoon sea salt
• 1 teaspoon smoked paprika
• 1 teaspoon black pepper
• 2 cloved garlic
• 100 ml double cream
• 15 g parmesan cheese, optional for topping

Recipe

• 1 soften and brown the onions in olive oil.
• 2 add the peppers and soften.
• 3 add the tomatoes and cook down.
• 4 add the garlic, salt, pepper, smoked paprika, sugar and basil leaves and cook in for a few minutes.
• 5 purée with stick blender (saves taking it all out of pan).
• 6 then leave on a low simmer for 10 minutes.
• 7 add double cream and stir in --
• 8 serve topped with a swirl of cream, spinkle of black pepper, a little finely chopped basil and parmegano -- .