Tuscan Bread Soup Recipe - Recipezazz.com

Ingredients

• 2 cups cubed bread (day old stale Italian bread, crusts removed and cut in cubes)
• *BASE*
• 2 pounds tomatoes (approximately 6 medium tomatoes, or 2 1/2-3 cups, diced
• 1 large onion, diced (I like to use a sweet onion, such as FL sweet or Vidalia if possible)
• 3 garlic cloves, minced
• 2 cups vegetable juice, V8 (or a similar brand vegetable juice)
• 1 cup dry white wine
• 5 basil leaves, chopped
• pinch red pepper flakes
• kosher salt to taste
• pepper to taste
• 1 tablespoon olive oil
• *Garnish:*
• 1/3 to 1/2 cup grated Parmesan cheese
• olive oil