Quick Tomato Alphabet Soup

Derf's Note:

A lovely tummy warming tomato soup, in no time. from Cooking Light.

• Total Time: 27 mins
• Prep Time: 15 mins
• Cook Time: 12 mins

Ingredients:

Servings: 6

• 2 tablespoons butter
• 1 cup chopped onion
• 1 cup chopped carrot
• 1⁄3; cup chopped celery
• 1 ½ cups vegetable broth or 1 ½ cups chicken broth
• 1 teaspoon dried basil
• ¼ teaspoon black pepper
• 1 (28 ounce) can diced tomatoes , undrained
• 2 cups cooked alphabet pasta , divided (about 1 cup uncooked)
• 1 cup 2% low-fat milk

Directions:

1. Melt the butter in a saucepan over medium high heat.
2. Add onion, carrot and celery, saute 4 minutes or until tender.
3. Add broth, basil, pepper and tomatoes, bring to boil, reduce heat, simmer 15 minutes.
4. Stir in 1/2 cup pasta.
5. Remove from heat, let stand 5 minutes.
6. Place half of the tomato mixture in a blender and process until smooth.
7. Pour pureed soup into a large bowl, repeat procedure with remaining tomato mixture.
8. Return pureed soup to pan; stir in remaining pasta and milk.
9. Cook over medium high heat 2 minutes or until thoroughly heated, stirring frequently, do not boil.

Reviews

[Jeffsmom]

This was o.k., but I think I'll try it without blending it.

[*Parsley*]

I thought this tasted good, but wasn't very visually appealing. The texture was way too thick. It was like a pudding consistancy. I then added 1 extra cup of broth. It still was pretty thick, and you couldn't really even see the alphabet pasta. I think this recipe needs more blended tomatoes and maybe to simmer. Thanx for posting this.