Rustic Spicy Tomato Soup

Ingredients

Serves 4-6

3 tablespoons olive oil
1 kilo tomatoes (choose your favourite full flavour tomato), chopped
1 large onion, roughly chopped
5 cloves of garlic 3 ribs of celery, roughly chopped
1/2 teaspoons cayanne pepper or one medium chillie, chopped
2 tablespoons fresh dill
1 dessert spoon flour
1 litre of water
500 mls milk
Salt to taste

Method

1. Heat olive oil in a large stock pot and add onions, garlic and celery.
2. Turn heat down to minimum and sweat with lid on for ten mins.
3. Add tomatoes and cayenne pepper.
4. Add flour and stir until combined.
5. Slowly add 500 mls of the water, stirring constantly.
6. Blend with hand held processor until slightly "almost, but not quite smoothe - bits are good".
   
7. Add dill and cook over a medium heat, stirring so it doesn't stick to the bottom of the pan for 20 mins.
8. Add the remaining water and bring to a gentle simmer
9. Take a ladle of the soup mix and pour it into 500mls of warmed milk, stir.
10. Add the milk mix back into the soup and add salt to taste.
    
11. Heat through and serve with crusty buttered bread.