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Tomato soup

Playschool tomato soup

With alphabet pasta, cheese & basil oil

Tomato soup

1 hr

Not Too Tricky

serves 8

About the recipe

The basil oil brings this simple, comforting soup to life – along with some alphabet pasta and a cheeky layer of grated cheese!


nutrition per serving

309

Calories


9.6g

Fat


4g

Saturates


11g

Sugars


1.5g

Salt


12.2g

Protein


45.3g

Carbs


4.4g

Fibre


of an adult’s reference intake


Recipe From

Jamie Magazine

Jamie Magazine

By Jamie Oliver

Ingredients

2 carrots

2 leeks

2 sticks of celery

2 onions

6 large ripe tomatoes, on the vine

4 cloves of garlic

olive oil

1 organic chicken or vegetable stock cube

½ a bunch of fresh basil (15g)

extra virgin olive oil

2 x 400g tins of quality plum tomatoes

150g alphabet pasta

8 slices of sourdough, or your favourite bread

125g mature Cheddar cheese

Method

  1. Preheat the oven to 190°C/375°F/gas 5.
  2. Peel and slice the carrots, then trim, wash and finely slice the leeks and celery. Peel and roughly chop the onions, and the tomatoes.
  3. Toss all the veg and the tomatoes together in a deep roasting tray, along with the unpeeled garlic cloves and a lug of olive oil, and season well.
  4. Spread the veg into one layer and pop in the oven for 40 minutes, or until the veggies are golden and slightly caramelised.
  5. Dissolve the stock cube in 1.25 litres of boiling water. Pick the basil leaves and finely chop the stalks.
  6. Place the picked leaves into a pestle and mortar and bash to a paste, along with a good pinch of sea salt. When it’s completely smooth, muddle in just enough extra virgin olive oil to give it a spoonable consistency. Keep to one side.
  7. Toss the basil stalks into the roasted veg and squeeze the garlic out of its skins into the tray. Carefully transfer the tray to the hob (or scrape the veg into a large saucepan), then add the tinned tomatoes and stock.
  8. Gently bring to the boil over a medium heat, then reduce the heat to low and simmer for about 15 minutes, or until thickened, breaking up the tomatoes with a wooden spoon as you go.
  9. Remove the tray or pan from the heat, then, using a hand blender or liquidiser, pulse the soup until smooth.
  10. Return the soup to the hob over a medium heat, season to taste and stir in the alphabet pasta. Simmer for 5 minutes, or until the pasta is cooked.
  11. Meanwhile, toast the bread and coarsely grate the cheese.
  12. Ladle the hot soup into bowls, scatter over most of the cheese and stir it through. Top each bowl with a piece of toast, scatter over the remaining cheese, and finish with a drizzle of the basil oil. Or mix it up and add the toast and cheese to the bowl first, then add the soup and basil oil. The choice is yours!

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