Herbed Fresh Tomato Soup
- Ready In:
- 50mins
- Ingredients:
- 13
- Serves:
-
8
ingredients
- 2 medium onions, thinly sliced
- 2 tablespoons olive oil
- 2 1⁄2 cups water
- 6 medium tomatoes, peeled and quartered (about 2 pounds)
- 1 (6 ounce) can tomato paste
- 2 tablespoons fresh basil, snipped or 2 teaspoons dried basil, crushed
- 1 tablespoon fresh thyme, snipped or 1 teaspoon dried thyme, crushed
- 1 tablespoon better than boullion chicken base or 1 tablespoon chicken bouillon granule
- 1⁄2 teaspoon sugar
- 1⁄2 teaspoon salt
- 1⁄4 teaspoon pepper
- 3 dashes Tabasco sauce
- 3 sprigs fresh parsley, snipped, for garnish
directions
- In a large saucepan, cook onion in hot oil until tender. Stir in the water, tomatoes, tomato paste, basil, thyme, bouillion base, sugar, salt, pepper, Tabasco. Bring to a boil, reduce heat, cover and simmer 40 minute.
- Blend the soup with an immersion (stick) blender, or in small batches in a blender or food processor. Cool, pour into freezer containers, seal, label, and freeze.
- To serve, heat the frozen soup in a medium saucepan over medium heat for 20-25 minutes or until heated through, stirring on occasion. Garnish with parsley before serving.
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