Tonight is a cold and rainy Friday night. My Family love's pizza on friday nights but every once in awhile we like to change things up. So tonight we desided on soap a family favorite Tomato Soup.
What you will need...
3 tablespoons olive oil
1 1/2 cups chopped onions. (About two Onions)
2 Carrots unpleed and chopped
1 Tablespoon minced garlic (around 3 cloves)
4 pounds vine-ripened tomatoes, carsely chopped (five large)
1 1/2 teaspoons sugar
1 tablespoon tomato paste
1/4 cup packed chopped fresh basil leaves
3 cups chicken stock
1 tablespoon freshly ground pepper
3/4 cup heavy cream
Julienned fresh basil leaves, for garnish Croutons
What to do...
Heat the olive oil in large heavy-bottomed pot over medium-low heat. Add the onions and carrots and saute for about 10 minutes, until very tender.Add the garlic and cook for 1 minute. Add the tomatoes,sugar,tomato paste,basil,chicken stock,salt, and pepper and stir well. Bring the soup to a boil, lower the heat, and simmer, uncovered, for 30 to 40 minutes, until the tomatoes are very tender.
Add the cream to the soup and process it through a food mill into a bowl,discarding only the dry pulp that's left. Reheat the soup over low heat just until hot and serve with julienned basil leaves and or Parmesan toasts.
