Bread & Tomato Soup from Italian Comfort Food by The Editors of Saveur

Ingredients

• 2 leeks, white and light green parts only, rinsed and finely chopped
• 1½ cups chicken stock
• 2 tbsp. chopped fresh basil leaves
• 1½ cups beef stock
• 9 cups puréed peeled Italian tomatoes or canned tomato purée
• Kosher salt and freshly ground black pepper, to taste
• 9 ¾″-thick slices stale unsalted Tuscan bread (about 1 lb.), halved
• ½ cup extra-virgin olive oil
• 2 cloves garlic, finely chopped