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Tuscan Bread Soup: Pappa Al Pomodoro
Copyright 2003, Daisuke Utagawa, All Rights Reserved

Ingredients
3 tablespoons cold pressed extra-virgin olive oil
3 cloves garlic, crushed
1/2 teaspoon crushed dried hot peppers
1 (12-ounce) can peeled whole tomatoes
Sea salt and freshly ground black pepper
1/4 cup water
1/3 loaf day old French or Italian bread (drier the better)
20 fresh basil leaves, torn

Instructions
In a medium pot over medium-high heat, add olive oil

and crushed garlic. When the garlic flavors infuse oil, add the crushed peppers
being careful not to burn them. Add the whole can of tomatoes into the pot, then
using a wooden spatula cut the tomatoes into chunks. Add salt and ground black
pepper, to taste. (Remember, bread chunks will be added to this so make it a bit
saltier then you would like it to be.) Add water and stir. With your hands, pull
the bread into bite-sized chunks, then add them to the pot. "Toss" (do not stir)
bread chunks in to the soup. Add basil leaves, lightly toss, serve.