Gascony Tomato Soup

Name: Gascony Tomato Soup
Prep time: 30 min
Cook time: 2 h
Total time: 2 h 30 min
Yield: Serves 6
Cuisine: French
Ingredients: 1 litre vegetable stock; a bunch of flat-leaf parsley, chopped; 2 sprigs of rosemary; 1 bay leaf; olive oil; sea salt; 400 g cherry tomatoes; 4 whole garlic bulbs, cut in half crossways; 1 red onion, diced; 100 ml red wine; freshly ground black pepper; 200 g mixed wild mushrooms, sliced

Preparation info

Serves
6

Difficulty
Easy
Ready in
2 hr 30

Appears in

The French Kitchen

By Joanne Harris and Fran Warde

Published 2002

About

This rich, sweet soup – Soupe de Tomates à la Gasconne – relies on the traditional ingredients of Gascony for its powerful flavour. Serve with warm French bread.

Ingredients

400 g cherry tomatoes
4 whole garlic bulbs, cut in half crossways
olive oil
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Europe
France
Mediterranean
Soup
Vegan
Gluten-free

Method

Heat the oven to 150°C/gas 2.

Put the cherry tomatoes and halved garlic bulbs in a roasting pan with a little olive oil and seasoning, toss well to coat in oil then roast in the oven for