Garden Fresh Cream of Tomato Soup

By tschnet1

Ingredients

• 3 cups vegetable or chicken stock
• 2 tbsp olive oil
• 2 red onions, chopped
• 2 carrots, chopped
• 3 cloves garlic, minced
• 5 large fresh tomatoes, chopped
• 1 1/2 tsp sugar
• 1 tbsp tomato paste
• 1 bundle fresh basil leaves
• 3/4 cup half and half
• salt and pepper to taste

Preparation

Step 1

Heat oil in a medium stock pot over medium-high heat. Ann onions and carrots and saute until tender. Add garlic and saute for another minute.

Add tomatoes, sugar, tomato paste, basil, stock and stir well. Bring soup to a boil, lower the heat and simmer, uncovered for 30-40 minutes, until the tomatoes are tender. Add half and half to the soup and puree in a blender or processor, strain pulp. reheat soup over low heat just until hot. Garnish each with basil leaf and/or basil paste.