Smoked Tomato and Bacon Soup
- Ready In:
- 1hr 30mins
- Ingredients:
- 13
- Yields:
-
3 litres
- Serves:
- 12
ingredients
- 3 lbs fresh tomatoes (core and cut in half)
- 1 large onion (peeled and coarsely chopped)
- 1⁄2 cup garlic clove
- 3 cups tomato juice
- 2 ounces fresh thyme
- 4 tablespoons tomato paste
- 5 cups vegetable stock or 5 cups chicken stock
- 2 -3 tablespoons liquid smoke
- 2 cups whipping cream
- 4 -5 tablespoons sugar
- 1⁄2 cup extra virgin olive oil
- 1⁄2 teaspoon salt and pepper
- 2 lbs smoked bacon (cut into small pieces and partially fried)
directions
- Preheat oven to 400 degrees.
- Toss Tomatoes, Onion, Garlic Cloves and fresh Thyme together with the Olive Oil and season with a touch of Salt and Pepper.
- Place in a shallow roasting pan and roast in oven for about 20 minutes.
- After add the tomato paste, stir well and return to the oven for another 10 minutes.
- Remove the ingredients from the roasting pan and scrape into a medium size stock pot.
- Add Tomato Juice and Chicken/Vegetable stock and simmer soup mix for about 20 minutes on low heat, (if soup looks like it's becoming too thick add a bit of water).
- Puree everything with a until smooth and strain through a semi-fine strainer.
- Pour mixture back into stock pot and return to heat.
- Bring soup to a light simmer and add Sugar, Cream, and Liquid Smoke.
- Season to taste with some Salt and Pepper.
- Place bacon in bottom of bowls and pour soup on top to serve.
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