The old-school Italian recipe and the best way to use old bread!

Ingredients:

• 1 kg ripe red tomatoes
• 50 g of celery, carrot and onion, chopped & mixed
• 1 garlic clove, finely chopped
• basil
• 500 g bread (one day old)
• extra-virgin olive oil “Il Sincero”
• salt and pepper

Preparation: 

1. Blanch ripe tomatoes in boiling water for 1 minute.
2. Cool tomatoes off, then remove skins.
3. Quarter, remove seeds and chop tomatoes into pieces.
4. Fry the garlic, celery, carrot and onion in the oil.
5. Add the tomatoes to the pan with ½ litre of water. Add salt and pepper.
6. Boil for around 20 minutes.
7. Remove from the heat, add the bread cut into cubes.
8. When the bread softens, blend with a whisk.
9. Add the chopped basil leaves and extra-virgin olive oil.