Plantain resembles a large banana but tastes more savoury. It creates a smooth creamy texture with a hint of sweetness, making a rich, filling soup.

Put the oil in a 4 litre saucepan over a medium heat and sauté the shallots until soft and translucent, then add the plantain together with the tomato puree and sundried tomato paste.
Stir until coated, then season with salt and white pepper. Cook over a gentle heat for 2 minutes then add the tomatoes, stir until coated. Add the vegetable stock with the boiling water and bring to the boil. Simmer for 25 minutes. Taste and season if necessary.
Once cooled, blend using either a free-standing blender or hand blender until smooth. Place a sieve over another saucepan and sieve the blended soup into that saucepan and discard all the seeds then add the agave nectar or 1 coconut sugar if required and stir in.
Serve into individual bowls and garnish with plantain chips, olive oil, cracked black pepper (optional).

Lisa’s tip: Plaintain t takes about 8 days to go from yellow to black, so try and buy in advance if you are planning to make a dish with plantain and store at room temperature. It should be yellow with some black when you use it.

Ingredients

Name: Plantain and tomato soup
Ingredients: 2 tbsp olive oil or rapeseed oil 2 shallots, sliced 2 plantains, ripe (yellow/black skin), sliced into 2cm pieces 4 tbsp tomato puree 2 tbsp sundried tomato paste 1.3kg tomatoes, cut into quarters 1.1 litres boiling water 1 vegetable stock cube or 4 tsp boullion powder (gluten free if preferred) 2 tbsp agave nectar or 1 tbsp coconut sugar (optional) sea salt and white pepper Garnish Olive oil Cracked black pepper Plantain chips (bought)

2 tbsp olive oil or rapeseed oil

2 shallots, sliced

2 plantains, ripe (yellow/black skin), sliced into 2cm pieces

4 tbsp tomato puree

2 tbsp sundried tomato paste

1.3kg tomatoes, cut into quarters

1.1 litres boiling water

1 vegetable stock cube or 4 tsp boullion powder (gluten free if preferred)

2 tbsp agave nectar or 1 tbsp coconut sugar (optional)

sea salt and white pepper

Garnish

Olive oil

Cracked black pepper

Plantain chips (bought)

Plantain and tomato soup

Ingredients

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