Tuscan Chickpea Soup
This tomato-based soup features pureed chickpeas for a thicker texture, rosemary and pasta. This Italian soup is tasty with crusty bread.
Ingredients
- 1 1/2 pint vegetable stock
- 1/4 teaspoon rosemary
- 1 tablespoon tomato puree
- 400 gram passatta or 1 tin tomatoes
- 1 tin chickpeas (drained)
- 4 tablespoon olive oil
- 3 cloves garlic
- 2 ounce soup pasta (any small pasta will do - tiny macaroni works well)
Instructions
- Make vegetable stock and put rosemary and tomato puree in jug with it.
- Blend chickpeas and passatta/tomatoes together so you get a smoothish mixture.
- Fry garlic in olive oil for 30 seconds, then add the stock mixture and chickpea mixture to it. Bring to boil, cover and simmer for five minutes.
- Add pasta, stir, cover and simmer for 10 minutes, stirring occasionally to separate the pasta. Season to taste. Serve with ciabatta bread, or cheese on toast.