Alentejo's tomato soup

If you google for 'tomato soup', you are not going to get anything near what this soup is. This is a soup typical from Alentejo, a region in the south of Portugal. 

The soup is easy and quick to make and very tasty.

Recipe from Margarida Pinto's Alentejo cuisine.

Serves: 3 persons.

Ingredients:

• 750g ripe tomatoes, chopped
• 1 medium onion, chopped
• 2 garlic cloves, chopped
• 1 bay leaf
• olive oil to taste
• 1 litre of water
• 2-3 slices of bread / person
• 3 eggs
• mint leaves to taste
• salt & pepper to taste

Method:

1. In a pan, fry the onion, garlic and bay leaf in olive oil.
   
   
   
   
   
   
2. Add the tomatoes and let them cook until they start coming apart.
   
   
   
   
   
   
3. Add the water and salt & pepper to taste and let it cook until the tomatoes are very soft. 
   
   
   
4. Add the mint and stir. I added quite a lot and it was very minty!
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
5. Add the eggs and poach them.
   
   
   
   
   
   
6. In the soup plate, layer the bread slices, pour the soup and the egg on the top.