Tomato Soup

 Tomato Soup

855ml diced canned tomatoes
1 cup vegetable broth
1 tbsp tomato paste
1 tbsp olive oil
1 garlic clove, minced
1/2 tsp salt
1/4 tsp pepper
2 tbsp heavy cream
2 tbsp fresh basil, roughly chopped

In a large sauce pot combine the diced tomatoes and their juice, broth, tomato paste, olive oil, garlic, salt and pepper. Heat on a medium flame and simmer. With an immersion blender gently puree a bit. You can also do this in a counter top blender. Don't puree too much, since you want to reserve some of the chunky texture. Add the heavy cream. Heat for another minute.
Garnish with the fresh basil.