Loam Kitchen was created by Sophie Ridding in 2014. Having originally worked as a set designer on sets for clients such as British & American Vogue. She launched Loam after years of eating carb-heavy on-set catering, and a desire to provide something that was more nutritious and health driven. Now based on the south coast in Shoreham-on-Sea, just outside of Brighton, Loam covers set catering, supper clubs and food styling. ‘We love bringing together simple, fresh, seasonal ingredients, to create beautiful food which makes your heart sing’. This recipe from Sophie, does just that…

Tomato and Bread Soup

Got some old tomatoes lurking in the larder? Got some stale bread you can't bear to bin? This simple soup is delicious and combines these two ingredients which you might have kicking about and need to use up. I've added loads of garlic to this (fresh and bulb) because I feel like now more than ever, we need the medicinal properties it beholds. Feel free to tone it down, but if you are self isolating, then go for it and blow your socks off.

Ingredients:

800g - 1kg Fresh tomatoes

A big glug of good quality olive oil

6 Garlic cloves

1 fresh/dried chilli

A few sage/thyme/oregano leaves

Stale bread - whatever you need to use up.

Large handful of wild garlic

A sprinkle of sugar if you toms need some sweetening

Salt, pepper and olive oil to serve

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Place the olive oil in a heavy bottom pan and put on a gentle head. Add the roughly chopped toms, sage or other herbs you need to use up, chili, chopped garlic and seasoning

Stir and put on a low heat for 30 mins, stirring a few times as you go. Add the fresh wild garlic stir until wilted, and the add the bread, and stir to combine. Dish up and drizzle with oil.

You can see more of Sophie’s recipes on her dreamy Instagram here . She also makes the best candles, see more on Loam Wick here. ‘Charleston Herb Garden’ and ‘Wood Smoke’ are our favourites currently on burn rotation.

Sophie pictured at home with her daughter, in our Gracie dress.

Sophie also runs dreamy supper clubs. Picture courtesy of @loam_kitchen of one of the ‘Loam + Fern Eats Supper Club’.

RADISH Commune with... Sophie of Loam Kitchen