Cream of tomato soup with fried bread cubes (Tomatensoep met gebakken broodjes)

Traditional recipe from The Netherlands

• 4 cups of water
• 4 large tomatoes
• 1 onion
• 2 bay leaves
• salt
• 2 tbsp of butter or margarine
• 1/3 of a cup of flour
• parsley
• pepper
• cream or milk

Cut the tomatoes in four, put them into the boiling water with the sliced onion, bay leaves and salt.

Simmer for 20 minutes and sieve.

Melt the butter, add the flour and a little of the soup. When creamy add some more and go on until you have a creamy smooth soup.

Add some finely chopped parsley, pepper and the cream or milk.

Serve with fried bread cubes.

Fried bread cubes

Two slices of white bread cut in cubes, crust removed.

Butter to fry them into a golden brown.