The Simplest Cream of Tomato Soup

Name: The Simplest Cream of Tomato Soup
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 15 min
Total time: 30 min
Yield: 4 serving(s)
Ingredients: 3 tablespoons margarine; 3 tablespoons flour; 1/2 teaspoon salt; 1/2 teaspoon sugar; pepper; 1 1/2 cups milk; 1 1/2 cups tomatoes, canned

Submitted by Chef Sharon 15

"This soup is (almost) as easy as opening a can of condensed soup and is a great way to use up surplus tomatoes from the garden. My girls like to have grilled cheese sandwiches with it, cut in triangles that they can dip in the bowl! Wonderful year-round, comes from my mother, she doesn't remember the source."

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Ready In:: 30mins
Ingredients:: 7
Serves:: 4

ingredients

Step One
3 tablespoons margarine
3 tablespoons flour
¹⁄₂ teaspoon salt
¹⁄₂ teaspoon sugar
pepper
Step Two
1 ¹⁄₂ cups milk
1 ¹⁄₂ cups tomatoes, canned

directions

Step One:.
Melt the margarine in a med. size sauce-pot.
Add the rest of the ingredients to the margarine, stir thoroughly and cook over low heat about 1 minute.
Step Two:.
Add these ingredients to Part One, and bring to the boiling point, stirring constantly.
As the tomato cooks, use a potato masher in the pot to break up the larger pieces of tomato. The soup shouldn't be smooth, but should have small bits of tomato floating in it.
I use frozen tomatoes, I just let them thaw a little before I add them to the pot, remove the peels before serving.

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Reviews

This is the best Cream of Tomato Soup in the world. It's so easy. But it's best with tomatoes from the garden.

pinkhuntinggirl13
This is a very simple recipe but unfortunately I found it too thick and not tomatoey enough. I added another can of tomatoes, over a cup of stock and some fresh basil and ended up with 7 servings of very tasty soup. The method deserve merit and it inspired me to make a watercress soup the same way. Thanks for the inspiration.

RonaNZ