After enjoying two unusually warm weeks, we're back to the more common winter weather here in the South. To heat myself up during what is (hopefully) the last cold weather of the season, I decided to try making homemade creamy tomato soup for the first time.
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This recipe is from our extensive recipe database here on VegCooking.com, where you can find a variety of soup recipes. It's simple, yet calls for roasting the tomatoes first as an interesting twist. And to stay true to the canned tomato soups that I know and love, I puréed the mixture until completely smooth instead of leaving the small chunks that the recipe calls for.
Enjoy!
Roasted Tomato Soup
6 lbs. roma tomatoes
1 Tbsp. minced garlic
1/4 cup finely chopped shallots
1/4 cup extra-virgin olive oil
1 cup fresh basil, cleaned and chopped
1/4 cup fresh chives, chopped
1 Tbsp. fresh tarragon, chopped
3 Tbsp. balsamic vinegar
2 tsp. kosher salt
1 tsp. black pepper
5 cups roasted vegetable stock
•Cut the stems off the tomatoes and cut in half. Place cut-side down on a parchment-lined baking sheet and roast in a 350°F oven for 1 1/2 hours, or until the expelled juices dry but the tomatoes are not burned.
•Meanwhile, sauté the garlic and shallots in the olive oil until translucent.
•In a large pot, combine the roasted tomatoes and sautéed garlic-shallots with the remaining ingredients. Simmer for 30 minutes.
•In a blender, purée until well mixed but not completely puréed.
Makes 8 servings
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Comments ( 5 )
it looks so yummy! in my country it's snowing, it's very cold, I just came home, I got all wet because drivers don't care there is water on the road :( and now I see this great soup, I am going to cook it and enjoy it in bed! thank you :-*
Posted by iuly | February 18, 2009 5:47 AM
Posted on February 18, 2009 05:47
delicious!
Posted by veggievixen | February 18, 2009 3:17 PM
Posted on February 18, 2009 15:17
Did you remove the seeds or skins? I've tried making tomato soups before, and have found that seeds make it bitter, but so many recipes don't say take the seeds/skins off. Do you remove em? It looks so smooth
Posted by Ida | February 24, 2009 8:29 PM
Posted on February 24, 2009 20:29
This looks great!
Posted by Vanessa | February 25, 2009 5:31 PM
Posted on February 25, 2009 17:31
Hii...I tried this yesterday and it turned out great !! I removed the skins from the roasted tomatoes and didnt have chives,tarragon handy and forgot to add the balsamic vinegar, inspite of that it turned out very very nice...definitely a keeper..thank you !
Posted by Dipali Kucheria | March 1, 2009 1:11 PM
Posted on March 1, 2009 13:11