Tomato Soup with Tortellini and Garlic Roasted Baguette

Happiness is hot soup on a cold day.

One of the first meals I learned to cook when I was a kid was tomato soup. Since then, tomato soup has always been something I love and something I always eat during autumns and winters. What I think is important when making a tomato soup though, is to be sure you just don’t make it taste like a can of crushed tomatoes. You can flavor your soup with both dry and fresh herbs, garlic, olive oil, sea salt and add for instance tortellini to make it more fun. It will get fun to eat something as simple as this soup when adding some extra love to the recipe! That is the reason why I today want to show you my tomato soup with stuffed tortellini, which is garnished with garlic baguette.

How do we serve this recipe?

This recipe is served with garlic baguette which is very simple to make but at the same time so luxurious. You can make my recipe using either fresh baguette or the one you buy in a package, Both works.

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THIS RECIPE IS:

• Vegan / Vegetarian (depending on the tortellini)

• Simple to make

• Italian Inspired

• Delicious

• Warm

• Comfort Food

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Tomato Soup with Garlic Bread

INGREDIENTS:

1/2 yellow onion

1 big pressed garlic clove

Olive oil

2 tins crushed tomatoes (or 1 tin crushed and 2 tin cocktail tomatoes)

Salt and pepper

1/2 tsp paprika powder

1/2 tsp cayenne

250 g optional tortellini

Fresh basil

1 big baguette

1/2 dl olive oil

approx 3/4-1 dl chopped parsley

1 pressed garlic clove

Sea salt

HOW TO MAKE:

• Start by chopping your onion. Heat up a large saucepan with oliveolk, and fry your onion and pressed garlic soft.

• Add crushed tomatoes, your seasoning and 5 dl water, and let it boil for approx 10'.

• Meanwhile, prepare your garlic bread. Heat oven to 200 degrees.

• Mix together olive oil, parsley, garlic and sea salt in a bowl. Cut your baguette into 2 cm thick slices and place them on a baking sheet. Brush the parsley-mixture over the baguette and bake in the oven until they're golden, for approx 5-10'.

• When your tomato soup has boiled, taste and add fresh basil in small pieces and tortellini. Various tortellini need various long time of boiling, so boil them in the soup after the instructions on the package.

• Serve your soup when the tortellini is done. Garnish with more fresh basil and serve with the garlic bread.

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