Tomato Stilton Soup

Submitted by Hey Jude

"This outstanding soup recipe is from the Front Street Brewery in Wilmington, North Carolina. It's quick, easy and SO delicious!"

 

• Ready In: 50mins
• Ingredients: 10
• Serves: 6

ingredients

• 1 (28 ounce) can whole tomatoes with juice
• 1 tablespoon olive oil
• 1 medium onion, chopped
• 1 stalk celery, chopped
• 1 (14 1/2 ounce) can chicken broth
• 1⁄4 cup dry red wine
• 1 teaspoon brown sugar
• 1⁄2 cup heavy cream
• 2⁄3 cup crumbled Stilton cheese or 2/3 cup other blue cheese
• 1⁄8 teaspoon fresh coarse ground black pepper

directions

1. Place tomatoes with their juice in a medium bowl; crush tomatoes well, into small pieces, with a potato masher.
2. In a 3-quart saucepan, heat oil over medium-low heat. Add onion and celery; cover and cook 10 minutes, stirring occasionally. Stir in tomatoes, broth, wine, sugar and thyme; heat to boiling over high heat. Reduce heat to low; cover and simmer 20 minutes until vegetables are very tender.
3. Stir in cream and 1/2 cup Stilton; heat through but do not boil. Ladle soup into 6 soup bowls; sprinkle with pepper and remaining Stilton.

Reviews

[Chef Shadows]

This turned out grand! I love stilton cheese and tomatoes, this soup has gone into my cookbooks. I used a burgundy wine since that is what I had on hand. Thanks for a wonderful recipe

 

[Aunt Cookie]

I'm really glad I tried this...it's my new favorite tomato soup recipe. I wish I could give it more stars! I used white wine instead of red, used a total of 1/2 cup blue cheese, and added 1/2 tsp thyme (the amount isn't specified in the ingredient list). This was really outstanding.