Fake tinned orange-coloured goop, yukkkkkk.
Try this one, you'll never buy Heinz again ...
Ingredients
* Cooking oil
* A 400g can of peeled plum tomatoes (not chopped tomatoes)
* 1 dessert spoon of margarine or butter
* 2 dessert spoons of tomato purée
* 1 onion
* 1 red pepper
* 1 potato
* (optional) 3 rashers of smoky bacon, chopped
* Salt
* 2 tsp basil
Method
* Dice onion, red pepper and potato.
* Gently sweat the diced onion and red pepper in a little oil and a small amount (dessert spoon) of butter or margarine.
* After a couple of minutes, add the diced potato and bacon (if used) and allow to cook slowly for 10 minutes.
* After the 10 minutes, take just the juice from the can of tomatoes and add water to make the juice up to 500ml.
* Then add to the onion and potato in the pan.
* Add tomatoes from the can.
* Stir in 2 dessert spoons of tomato puree.
* Add a pinch of salt and 2 tsp basil.
* Allow to simmer uncovered until potato is soft.
* Blend until smooth and if you fancy a little decadence, add a swirl of cream!
Instead of the cream (yuk) I cut some ¾inch slices of French Bread, toasted them on one side, flipped them over, grated a pile of Cheddar on top and grilled them until the cheese was melted and beginning to brown slightly ... A couple of these cheese-toasty 'croutons' were floated on the top of each bowl of soup