CATEGORY | CUISINE | TAG | YIELD | |
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Meats | Tuscan | Soup | 10 | Servings |
INGREDIENTS
1 | Bread | |
1 | c | Extra-virgin olive oil |
8 | Tomatoes, peeled and chopped | |
10 | Fresh sage leaves | |
Chicken broth or water to | ||
Cover | ||
Coarse salt and freshly | ||
Ground black | ||
Pepper to taste | ||
Additional extra-virgin | ||
Olive oil for | ||
Drizzling |
INSTRUCTIONS
Recipe by: Evan Kleiman 1996, Pizzeria (Sunset) For the bread, you'll need 1 small loaf good quality country bread w/firm crumb (La Bread Boule). Select large sweet vine ripe tomatoes. The day before you wish to make the soup slice bread in half then place eac bread half cut side down and cut into 1/2 inch slices. Set aside on a counter...do not wrap. Let the bread get a bit stale overnight. Place the cup of olive oil in a large heavy soup pot. Add the chopped tomatoes and sage and cook over moderate heat until tomatoes break down and become saucy. Meanwhile cut the stale bread slices into large cubes. Add them to the tomato-sage sauce and barely cover with water or broth. Bring t a rolling boil, cover then turn the heat off. Let the bread-tomato mixture sit, covered for at least 2 hours. Lift the cover to stir occasionally. After the mixture has been soaking again bring it to a simmer over moderately low heat, stirring vigorously to break down the bread. Let simme just until the soup is a very thick mush. Serve hot or at room temperature with additional extra-virgin olive oil drizzled on top. Recipe featured on radio by Milliken and Fenniger (May 1996).
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Nutrition (calculated from recipe ingredients)
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Calories: 712
Calories From Fat: 501
Total Fat: 56.5g
Cholesterol: 217.4mg
Sodium: 2309.5mg
Potassium: 320.9mg
Carbohydrates: 10.5g
Fiber: 1.4g
Sugar: 3.4g
Protein: 43.8g