Hearty Garden Fresh Homemade Tomato Soup or Sauce
- Ready In:
- 2hrs 40mins
- Ingredients:
- 16
- Yields:
-
10 bowls
- Serves:
- 10
ingredients
- 2 tablespoons olive oil
- 2 large Spanish onions, chopped
- 2 large carrots, chopped
- 4 stalks celery, chopped
- 8 garlic cloves, minced
- 2 red peppers, chopped
- 8 lbs fresh tomatoes (This is an estimate, the "true" measurement is a gallon ziploc bag full or whatever fills my 8 quart)
- 1 tablespoon basil pesto (pureed basil and garlic with a little olive oil)
- 1 teaspoon chopped fresh sage
- 8 fresh thyme sprigs
- 1 teaspoon oregano
- 2 bay leaves
- 2 tablespoons tomato paste (I used homemade, made with garlic and bay leaves)
- 2 tablespoons kosher salt
- 1 tablespoon ground black pepper
- 1 quart chicken stock or 1 quart vegetable stock
directions
- Sauté first 5 ingredients in olive oil until soft in an 8-10 quart pot.
- Make a bundle of the sage, thyme and bay leaves by wrapping them with string in cheesecloth (you can tie the string to a pot handle to make it easier to remove later).
- Add remaining ingredients, bring to a boil, reduce heat and simmer for 2 hours. Let cool.
- Puree through a food mill fitted with a medium blade. The use of a medium blade gives you a soup with plenty of pulp (you can adjust blade size if you like). Reheat and adjust seasonings as needed. Add a splash of heavy cream before serving if you want cream of tomato soup.
- If you don't have a food mill you can also make this a semi-chunky soup, but I'd recommend a smaller dice for onions, carrots, celery and red peppers.
- To make a sauce, return to pot after pureeing and let it continue to simmer over low heat until it reaches the desired consistency.
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