Classic Cookbooks: Tuscan Tomato Soup and Homemade French Bread
Ingredients
- 2 tablespoons olive oil
- 2 tablespoons butter
- 2 carrots, peeled and finely diced
- 2 stalks celery, finely diced
- 1 1/2 medium onions, minced
- 2 28-ounce cans whole plum tomatoes, chopped, with their juice, or 7 large ripe tomatoes, peeled and seeded
- 1/4 cup chopped parsley
- 6 leaves fresh basil (optional)
- Salt and freshly ground pepper
- 1/2 cup cream (optional)
- 1 package active dry yeast
- 1 1/4 cup plus 2 tablespoons warm water
- 3 1/2 cups unbleached white flour (I used bread flour)
- 2 1/8 teaspoons salt
Description

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