Quick Italian Tomato Soup
- Preparation Time10 mins
- Cooking Time12 mins
- Serves4
- DifficultyEasy
3 tbsp olive oil
2 carrots, peeled and chopped
1 small onion, chopped
1 clove garlic, finely chopped
1 (730g) jar shop-bought tomato sauce
800ml chicken stock
425g tinned cannellini beans, drained and rinsed
1/2 tsp red pepper flakes
100g small pasta
1/2 tsp salt
1/2 tsp freshly ground black pepper
1. Warm the olive oil in a large saucepan or soup pot over a medium-high heat. Add the carrots, onion and garlic and saute until soft, about two minutes.
2. Add the jar of tomato sauce, chicken stock, cannellini beans, chilli flakes, pasta, salt and pepper. Simmer for ten minutes. Ladle into bowls and serve.
