Bread & tomato soup (Pappa al pomodoro)

INGREDIENTS

• 500 g ripe cherry tomatoes
• 3 cloves of garlic, peeled and finely sliced
• 1 large bunch of fresh basil, leaves picked, stalks finely chopped
• extra virgin olive oil, the best you can find
• sea salt
• freshly ground black pepper
• 2 x 400 g good-quality tinned plum tomatoes
• 500 g stale good-quality bread