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Rich tomato and thyme soup

Ingredients
  

  • Ingredients
  • onion 1 roughly chopped
  • garlic 2 cloves crushed
  • carrot 1 diced
  • olive oil
  • thyme leaves from 2 sprigs
  • chicken or vegetable stock 750ml
  • plum tomatoes 2 × 400g tins
  • tomato purée 1 tbsp
  • half-fat crème fraîche ½ 200g tub

Instructions
 

  • Method
  • STEP 1
  • Cook the onion, garlic and carrot in 1 tbsp oil until softened, about 5 minutes.
  • Add the thyme, stock, tomatoes and tomato purée, and simmer for 15 minutes until slightly thickened.
  • Pour into a blender and blend until smooth. Stir in the crème fraîche and serve.

Notes

Adapted from olivemagazine.com