Mega Garlic Tomato Soup

Submitted by Nat5963

"A spicy, tasty and refreshing summer soup for garlic-lovers."

 

• Ready In: 1hr 10mins
• Ingredients: 14
• Serves: 6-8

ingredients

• 1 cup water
• 1 cup tomato juice or 1 cup vegetable cocktail
• 3 cups vegetable broth or 3 cups chicken broth
• 4 medium tomatoes, cubed
• 1⁄4 red onion
• 10 cloves fresh garlic, halved
• 3 cloves fresh garlic, crushed
• 1 teaspoon cooking oil (I use sunflower)
• 1 teaspoon dried rosemary
• 1 teaspoon dried basil
• 2 -3 teaspoons vinegar (optional)
• fresh ground pepper
• sea salt
• Tabasco sauce

directions

1. Sautee onions and 10 cloves of halved garlic in a saucepan with a pinch of sea salt and a teaspoon of oil until golden.
2. Combine in a blender with tomatoes and puree.
3. In a large pot, bring 3 cups of broth and 1 cup of water to a boil.
4. Add contents of blender, and tomato juice and bring to a boil again.
5. Reduce heat to medium-low, add rosemary, basil, and crushed garlic.
6. Add vinegar only if the soup is not acidic already.
7. Simmer over medium-low heat for 30-45 minutes until desireable thickness is reached.
8. Add tabasco, pepper and/or sea salt to taste.
9. Serve with rice or small pasta noodles.
10. Tastes even better the next day!
11. Mmmmmm!

Reviews

[blakesle]

Nice and spicy.. I added red pepper flakes instead of tabasco.. Instead of having pasta as a side to accompnay I added 1 cup of cooked orzo to the soup. It added bulk. Parmesan sprinkled on top added to the flavour. A good soup to make if you have tomato or vegetable juice on hand...and of coure LOTS of garlic. Catherine

 

[Danger Mouse]

This came out very nice, I of course increased the amounts of garlic to much more acceptable levels, and also adding some onions to the mixture while cooking. A small amount of cubed potatoes might absorb some of the taste and make for a great compliment.