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Steven Thomas

Cream of Tomato Soup

A tomato soup that can be as creamy as you want it.
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Ingredients Method Notes

Ingredients
  

  • 1 onion chopped
  • 3-4 cloves garlic minced
  • 2 cans 400 grams each of chopped tomatoes
  • Salt and Pepper
  • Pinch of sugar yes, sugar
  • [Optional] 1/4 teaspoon chilli powder
  • 1/2 cup milk or a couple of tablespoons cream

Method
 

  1. Fry onion in a large pot until soft but not coloured
  2. Add garlic to pot. Fry a couple of minutes more
  3. Add tomatoes to pot. Bring to boil. Simmer for 20 min.
  4. Add salt, pepper, sugar, and chilli to pot.
  5. Blend the mixture in batches (careful as the hot mixture will explode violently when blended)
  6. Return to pot
  7. Add milk (or cream). Stir enough in to get the consistency you want. Heat.
  8. Serve.

Notes

Use milk if you are calorie conscious and cream if you live for the moment.