Cream of Tomato Soup

Submitted by ElleFirebrand

"Warm up with a yummy, creamy tomato soup. This recipe is quick and tasty and will beat out soup from a can any day. Perfect with grilled cheese sandwiches."

 

• Ready In: 45mins
• Ingredients: 18
• Serves: 4-6

ingredients

• 1 tablespoon butter
• 1 medium onion, diced
• 2 garlic cloves, minced
• 1 small carrot, peeled and diced
• 1⁄2 red pepper, diced
• 4 slices prosciutto
• 2 tablespoons flour
• 1 (28 ounce) can crushed tomatoes
• 2 cups chicken broth
• 1 tablespoon tomato paste
• 1⁄2 teaspoon dried basil
• 1⁄2 teaspoon dried thyme
• 1⁄2 teaspoon dried oregano
• 1⁄2 teaspoon crushed red pepper flakes
• 1 bay leaf
• 2 tablespoons sugar
• 1 cup fat-free half-and-half or 1 cup milk
• salt and pepper

directions

1. In a large pot, melt butter. Add onion, garlic, carrot and red pepper and cook 3 to 5 minutes, until vegetables are softened and proscuitto is crisp.
2. Stir in flour and cook an additional 1 to 2 minutes.
3. Add canned tomatoes, broth, tomato paste, spices and sugar. Bring to a boil. Reduce heat to low, cover and simmer 15 minutes. Remove and discard bay leaf.
4. In a food processor or blender, in batches, puree soup (optional.) Return to saucepan and stir in half-and-half. Season with salt and pepper to taste and heat an additional 3 to 5 minutes.
5. Serve.

Reviews

[MathMom.calif]

Delicious and easy. My daughter loved it, too. So much better than soup from a can. We will be making this again. I used a can of diced tomatoes, and put about 3/4 of the soup in the blender and left the remaining 1/4 unblended. So creamy smoothness with some chunks and texture. MMMM. :) We got a generous 8 cups of soup from this recipe.

 

[Demandy]

Heart-warming soup. I made this with 1% milk instead of fat free half and half and half the sugar to reduce the carbs a little. It was not super creamy but enough so to be very satisfying, I would say do not neglect the blending step. It made 7 cups of soup for me, so there were about 19 g carbs per cup of soup. Served it with some garlic rolls from the oven, yum! Pureed with stick blender (and splattered my shirt a little!).

 

[MiaSumitra]

So, so good! I didn't even know I liked tomato soup until I made this & now I'm wishing I'd doubled the recipe. Easy and yummy on a cold November afternoon. My only change was adding 1 can of garbanzo beans after pureeing because I am trying to eat more fiber.

 

[Zetty66]

This really is a good, hearty soup. The falvor is great and it has enough "thickness" to it to really fill you up. It was so easy too. I'll keep making this one--especially for the coming winter days. Thanks!

 

[Redsie]

Delicious soup! First time making cream of tomato soup and I am sure I will be making your soup again and again! Used low-fat milk and it turned out great! Had this with recipe #62932 for a good healthy lunch after working in my yard! Thanks Alexis! Made for PAC 2007.