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Cream of Tomato Soup Recipe

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Ingredients:  
Ingredients:  
3 c. chopped Italian plum tomatoes or 2 cans tomatoes
1 c. beef broth
1 small onion, with 4 or 5 cloves stuck in it
1 tsp. salt
1 tsp. dried basil
½ tsp. fresh ground pepper
¼ tsp. baking soda
1½ Tbsp. flour
1½ Tbsp. butter
1½ tsp. sugar (optional)
2 c. heavy cream, heated almost to boil point

Directions:
Directions:
1. Cook tomatoes, broth and seasons in covered saucepan 30 minutes over low heat.
2. Strain through fine sieve or use immersion blender or in batches in regular blender (or can be left chunky).
3. Add soda and adjust seasonings if necessary.
4. Blend butter and flour together with fork until smooth paste.
5. Stir in with sugar into tomato mixture and cook over medium heat until slightly thickened.
6. Add heated cream to tomato mixture very slowly to prevent curdling.
7. Return to heat and bring soup very slowly almost to a boil.

Serve with garnish of chopped parsley.

 

 

 

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