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Roasted Tomato Soup


A basket of tomatoes has been staring at me for the last few days. I had finished making salsa, had frozen about 20 pounds and thought I still should try to make some savory home-made tomato soup. I've had a wonderful crop of Beefsteaks this year and covering the tomatoes with plastic has given us a longer growing season.  I've heard people talk about roasted tomatoes and it did not take long and I found something to do with that basket and soon my work became pleasurable and rewarding as I enjoyed cutting them into quarters and placing them on cookie sheets waiting for the end results.  The smell of tomatoes and garlic roasting were enough to send all the kids home again to test this freshly made soup.

Roasted Tomatoes
  • 8 pounds tomatoes, cut into quarters or halves
  • 8 garlic cloves unpeeled
  • 8 tablespoons olive oil
  • 2 tablespoons sea salt
  • 2 medium onions chopped
  • 2 teaspoons dried oregano
  • 4 teaspoons sugar
  • 2 tablespoons butter
  • 6 cups chicken stock
  • 1 cup heavy cream
  • 1/2 teaspoon red pepper flakes
  • salt and pepper to taste
Instructions
  1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
  2. Arrange tomatoes on a large baking sheet lined with heavy-duty aluminum foil. ( I used two cookie sheets)
  3. Add unpeeled garlic to tomatoes.
  4. Drizzle 6 Tbsp of the olive oil over the tomatoes and sprinkle with salt and pepper.
  5. Roast tomatoes for 1 hour, let them cool and meanwhile peel the garlic
  6. Cook onions, butter, oregano and sugar in 2 tablespoons olive oil in a heavy pot over medium heat.
  7. Add tomatoes, garlic, stock and simmer, covered for 20 minutes.
  8. Puree the soup with an immersible blender or else you can pour the soup into a regular blender and puree.
  9. Puree the seeds and skin together. You can opt to force this through a mil, but I just left it and was happy with the chunkier results.
  10. Add cream, salt, and pepper to taste and simmer a few minutes to reheat the cream.
  11. Garnish with fresh basil or add some fresh home-made pesto.
This soup freezes well for the cool winter nights ahead and most of all, you need to know how wonderful it is to complement any soup with  Anneliese's No Knead Bread.

10 comments:

  1. This soup is so inviting....have a nice blessed weekend, hugs Flavia

    P.S. you can find a good recipe for how to use your tomato soup... ;)

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  2. A basket of tomatoes...I'm so envious. What would I do with them? I'd make lots of this soup, and spicy, chunky thick ketchup, and I'd make salsa, and brushchetta, and thick sauce for chili. I'd make ratatouille.

    If I had some green ones I'd make green tomato pickles, and fried green tomatoes.

    Well, to be honest, I'd remember making all those things.

    Sharon

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  3. That looks amazing. Our tomatoes could have used plastic covering. Sadly I don't have your bounty, but I plan to make this with sale priced tomatoes.

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  4. Now this reminds me of a certain Tuscan Tomato Basil soup that I can't resist purchasing at the deli from time to time! I am going to try it...with tomatoes from the market.

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  5. I'm going to try this soon! It sounds a lot like the deli soup Judy mentioned which I'm sure is the same Tuscan Tomato deli soup my husband never tires of! I would rather make it than buy it. Thanks for sharing!

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  6. What a wonderful recipe - I'll have to try this soon.

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  7. A beautiful soup...and luck has me with an abundance of tomatoes, just picked! Thank you, Marg :)

    Blessings to all,
    Anna (Toronto)

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  8. With 8 pounds of tomatoes in the recipe, how much soup does it make? Looks delicious!

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  9. I just made this soup last night. I also added roasted Zuchinni and lots of smoked paprika. This soup is amazing!!

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  10. Can I roast the onions with the tomatoes? I have so many tomatoes, this is the perfect solution :)
    Thanks,
    Rachel

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