When J and I got home from Vegas I saw that I had a lot of tomatoes ready that I had been ripening on the windowsill.  It’s getting rather cold at night and with the increase of rain I didn’t want to lose everything to blight. Some still were victims of the nasty rot but I did manage to salvage a lot and make a delicious roasted tomato soup out of them. This soup curbed my craving for vegetables and was extremely flavourful. It was the perfect meal after a weekend of debauchery.

 

Ingredients

 

  • Handful of tomatoes 8-10 (I used Roma, cherry, yellow and some unnamed varieties)
  • 1 onion chopped large
  • 6 cloves of garlic
  • ½ olive oil
  • Salt and pepper
  • 3-4 cups chicken stock
  • Sprig of thyme
  • Sprig of rosemary
  • ½ cup heavy cream (optional, I didn’t add)
  • Fresh basil chopped for garnish
  • Fresh grated parmesan for garnish

 

Wash and half tomatoes, chop onion and throw in a bowl with peeled garlic cloves. Toss with olive oil to coat and season with salt and pepper.

Dump onto a parchment lined baking sheet and cook for 20-30 min, until onions and tomatoes are soft.

 

 

Remove roasted vegetables and transfer to a large stock pot. Pour in chicken stock to cover and throw in the whole springs of thyme and rosemary. Simmer on med-low until reduced by a third.

 

Remove springs of herbs. Use am immersion blender to puree soup until smooth. Alternatively this could be done in the blender. Add cream while blending if using. If you’re soup looks too think you can also add more chicken stock at this point. Season to taste.

 

 

I found this soup to be fresh, flavourful and didn’t leave me feeling like I was missing anything. I originally was going to put a baguette slice on top and broil some cheese but opted for fresh basil and cheese shavings instead. You could easily slip some cream into the soup as well to give an even richer flavour but I wanted to keep with my healthy theme and leave it out. I personally don’t think it needed to be a heavy creamy soup but maybe when it snows it will be time for something like that. I was even more impressed that J had 2 bowls full when neither of us is really “soup” people. I can’t wait to make this again!