Pappa Al Pomodoro (Italian Bread and Tomato Soup)
photo by Le Ceregne ECO farm
- Ready In:
- 30mins
- Ingredients:
- 10
- Serves:
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6
ingredients
- 6 cloves garlic
- 1 large onion, peeled,cut in half,thinly sliced
- 1⁄4 cup olive oil
- 1⁄2 teaspoon red chili pepper
- 1 (1 3/4 lb) can plum tomatoes
- 1 lb stale bread, sliced,torn into small pieces
- 6 cups broth, of your choosing
- 1 cup packed basil, shredded
- grated parmesan cheese
- extra virgin olive oil
directions
- Sauté the garlic and onion in olive oil with the chili pepper until the garlic has lightly browned and the onion is just getting golden; add the tomato; season with salt; add half the basil leaves torn into tiny pieces; crush the tomatoes with the back of a wooden spoon and stir; cook until the tomatoes fall apart (about 20 minutes).
- Put the bread into the sauce; the bread will soak up the sauce and it will get quite thick; add enough stock to soften the bread and to make it liquidy; add the remaining basil and cook until the bread becomes a kind of mush (this is called'pappa').
- Serve, sprinkling with parmesan cheese and a drizzle of extra virgin olive oil over each serving.
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I'll start off by saying I made a BIG change to this soup-- since I didn't have enough bread/needed some protein, I added a handful of red lentils brown lentils (they don't have much flavor on their own, and when you cook long enough, they will dissolve to practically nothing). I also added a spoon of tomato paste to boost the flavor a bit since the lentils may have diluted it a bit. Besides that, I changed nothing. The flavor and texture of this soup was really good! Perfect for this chilly night, and pretty easy to whip together!
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