Last week I found this recipe online and I had everything I needed for it in my garden so I thought...go for it!
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| http://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/tyler-florence/roasted-tomato-soup-recipe.html |
So I cut up my tomatoes, my onions and peeled my garlic (and added my secret ingredient, my carrots) and put them in the oven to roast. I have never roasted veggies for making soup in the past. They were drizzled with olive oil and salted and peppered.
After I took the veggies out of the oven I thought " probably they are not caramelized enough" (but I never really liked all that burnt stuff anyway) and "there are not enough carrots": So I cut up some more carrots. They weren't roasted but I wasn't willing to wait another 30-40 minutes.
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| I added some non roasted carrots. |
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| Aren't the roasted veggies pretty? |
Then, carefully following the recipe (haha) I put all the yummy veggies in a big pot and added the juices from the roasting and some butter and some chicken stock and 2 bay leaves (that didn't come from my garden so don't tell!)
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| Oh my Dog that looks pretty! |
Then I heated it up to a boil, reduced it to a simmer and let is simmer until it was reduced by one third. The recipe says 15 to 20 minutes, lol, but this was not my first pot of soup.
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| Here is is with all the broth added. |
While it was simmering I went out to the garden and picked some basil, parsley and chives.
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| Basil, Parsley and Chives. |
About an hour or more later it was looking just about right. You can see how much it was reduced on the sides of the pot. So I chopped up the herbs and tossed them in. This is the Basil.
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| Adding the fresh herbs. |
After I added the herbs I stuck in my immersion blender. I love that thing. It took about a minute....well or 5. Some of those carrots needed a bit more work.
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| Starting to blend it |
And then I was done. It was the most flavorful tomato soup I have ever made. Yum Oh.
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| And pretty too. |
I didn't even have to add the sour cream. But I did on the second bowl. Just because.
Hugs,Nancy
