Soupe a La Tomate (France)

Submitted by Sydney Mike

"This recipe comes from the internet at cooking-french.com."

 

• Ready In: 1hr 10mins
• Ingredients: 9
• Serves: 4

ingredients

• 1 tablespoon unsalted butter
• 1 small onion, diced
• 1 lb fresh tomato, seeded, diced small
• 2 tablespoons all-purpose flour
• 1 liter water
• 1⁄8 teaspoon salt, to taste
• 1⁄4 teaspoon basil
• 1⁄4 teaspoon thyme
• 1 tablespoon brown sugar, packed

directions

1. In a large sauce pan, melt butter & add onion.
2. Add tomatoes & stir for 30 seconds, then add flour & stir another 1/2 minute. Add water slowly while continuing to stir.
3. Add salt, pepper, basil, thyme & brown sugar, then reduce heat & simmer about 50 minutes, stirring often.
4. Let tomato mixture cool slightly, then pour it into a blender & liquify for just a few seconds before serving.

Reviews

[breezermom]

I followed the recipe exactly! This is a very nice soup, but I think it needed more tomato, or maybe half water and half milk, to make it more substantial. It was a very tastey and low fat lunch soup! Thanks for sharing! Made for PRMR.

 

[Elmotoo]

This was perfect! The kids wanted tomato soup for dinner..voila! Made for 2/10 Aussie swap.