Soup Can Be Quick Cooking
Published by Carolin on Tagged Uncategorized, soup
Easy cooking. You know how I like it. I also like quick cooking especially when I am starving. Which was the case today. I got home and I was hungry and so were the kids. I got them something right away. But I did not want what they were having. I wanted soup and I wanted a homemade soup. Opening a can was not going to do. I know I have said it before but it is true, you can truly make a nice soup in 30 -40 minutes. One that has lots of flavors and warms you up. The other thing about cooking soups is that 9 out of 10 times you have everything in your pantry and if you don’t you can substitute.
Well today I remembered about a recipe I had for a tomato soup. Not your run of the mill creamy tomato soup. No this one has lots of onions in it, some herbs and the ingredient that makes this soup is sherry. It really brings this soup together. You can make this soup in about 40 minutes. The thing that takes the longest is cooking the onions. You want to do this for around 25 – 30 minutes to get them their very sweetest. I believe you will love this soup as much as I do.
Tomato Soup
¼ cup butter
4 medium onions chopped (use whatever you have)
1 28oz can of diced tomatoes
1 10-½ oz cans of consommé
1/3 cup of sherry
½ tsp dried rosemary crushed a bit
½ tsp dried oregano
In a soup pot melt butter over medium heat. Add onions and sauté until soft and golden about 25-30 minutes. Add the rest of the ingredients and bring up to a boil. Reduce heat and simmer for 5-10 minutes.
Take off heat and using a hand held blender do a rough puree. I leave some small chunks. If you do not have a hand held blender/chopper. Use a blender or food processor. Just be sure to do it in small batches and put a towel over the top of your blender to hold on lid.
I served this with some crusty bread and that was lunch. So good.
COOKING TIP OF THE DAY
When using dried herbs rub them between your fingers to crush them up a bit. This releases the natural essential oils.
PS: I JUST HAD THE LEFT OVER SOUP AND I GARNISHED IT WITH A NICE DOLLOP OF SOUR CREAM. IT WAS VERY TASTY.
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