Roast tomato and lentil soup - Domestic Goddesses

Ingredients

• 8 large ripe tomatoes
• Salt and pepper to taste
• 2 Tbsp of brown sugar
• 2 Tbsp of olive oil
• 1 large onion, chopped
• 2 cloves of garlic, finely chopped
• 2 ribs of celery, finely sliced (optional)
• 2 large carrots, grated (optional)
• 1 leek, finely sliced (optional)
• 2 tins of lentils or (250g of dry lentils – just cook soup longer, until tender)
• 2 Litres of vegetable stock
• 1 tsp of salt