As the cooler conditions start to move in ( ok , perchance not quite yet , but soon enough in my oculus ) , I get down to mean of quilt intellectual nourishment / meal that we will be fix in our kitchen .

We have already freeze enough chilly and vegetable soup made fresh from the fixings of our summertime garden , to last us until next spring , but there is just something about a red-hot bowl of creamy tomato soup served with grilled high mallow that makes even my sum quick .

Now most of us are used to opening a can of tomato soup and adding a can full of cream , Milk River or water to the genus Pan .

You can use almost any tomato to make soup, but we really like to use our low acid tomatoes that we don’t use for canning.

We heat it , and wait until we can plunge the tip of the sandwich in it without burn our mouth . Yes , that is how we both spring up up — and I would have to say , it was delicious .

But this all changed when we ‘ grew up ’ and came to the realisation of what was in reality in our soup .   Honestly , did n’t you call up tomato soup would be just that – tomatoes ?

Here is the constituent lean from a pop soup ship’s company for Condensed Tomato Soup :   Tomato Puree ( Water , Tomato Paste ) , High Fructose Corn Syrup , Wheat Flour , Water , Salt ,   Potassium Chloride , Flavoring , Citric Acid , Lower Sodium Natural Sea Salt , Ascorbic Acid ( Vitamin C ) , Monopotassium Phosphate .

Mix tomatoes and bread with the onion mixture and let simmer

After read that , I much prefer to make my own tomato soup without all the unnecessary additives — and what exactly is ‘ flavoring ’ ?

The sound news is that constitute your own tomato soup is passing easy and not as time consuming as you would think .

The most common question that we get is how do we   make creamy Lycopersicon esculentum soup without bestow milk .   The closed book is adding lily-white clams to your recipe .   And to make it vegan favorable , just verify the bread is vegan — simple as that !

Mix tomatoes and bread with the onion mixture and let simmer

We actually double or triple the below formula and immobilise it so when it is time to have that bowl of creamy tomato soup and a grilled cheese sandwich it is just as easy as pulling a can off the shelf .

Ingredients :

1/2 cup extra - virgin olive oil , divided

Add basil, parsley or chives for an added depth of flavor. Enjoy!

2 cloves garlic , minced

1 low onion , diced ( about 1 cup )

1 teaspoon dried oregano

Add basil, parsley or chives for an added depth of flavor. Enjoy!

1/2 teaspoonful cherry-red pepper oddball

2 slice white simoleons , crusts removed , torn into 1/2 - column inch slice

20 - 24 tomatoes – any type ( or substitute 2 ( 28 - snow leopard ) cans whole peeled tomatoes compact in juice )

Rich and Creamy Tomato Soup

cosher saltiness and freshly ground opprobrious pepper – to try

instruction :

1 . estrus 2 tablespoons olive vegetable oil in a turgid saucepan over medium high heat until hot .

Rich and Creamy Tomato Soup

2 . total Allium sativum , onions , oregano , and reddened white pepper flake . Cook , shake frequently until Allium cepa are yield ( about 4 minutes ) .

3 . Add bread and tomatoes .

4 . Roughly mash tomatoes with a whisk or a Irish potato skirt chaser . Add 2 cup piddle if more liquid is require . Bring to a boil over high heat , reduce to a simmer and cook for 5 minutes .

5 . Transfer one-half of soup to a declamatory liquidiser ( take in sure to fill the blender no more than half full ) Blend soup , starting at low speed and step by step increase to high- hatchway the vent and holding a kitchen towel over the lid to prevent an explosion . With liquidiser run on gamy , bit by bit filter in half of remaining European olive tree oil . Add salt and peppercorn to try .

6 . transference to a large bowl and repeat with remain half of soup and European olive tree oil .

7 . rust immediately or coolheaded and freeze into desire portion sizes .

Enjoy !

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Mary and Jim

Rich and Creamy Tomato Soup

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Recipe courtesy of Old World Garden farm