Classic Garlic and Tomato Soup
Grandmothers often said garlic was good for what ails you, and we now know they were right. This tomato-garlic soup uses 10 cloves, but because garlic mellows as it cooks, it has a mild, slightly sweet flavour.
Classic Garlic and Tomato Soup
Recipe courtesy of The Ultimate Soup Cookbook, Reader's Digest
Classic Garlic and Tomato Soup
Recipe courtesy of The Ultimate Soup Cookbook, Reader's Digest
Servings |
6 |
Servings |
6 |
Ingredients
- 1 3/4 cups low sodium beef broth
- 10 garlic cloves minced
- 4 medium tomatoes cored, peeled, seeded and chopped
- 2 yellow onions quarted and thinly sliced
- 1/4 tsp salt
- 1/4 tsp black pepper
- 1/4 cup fresh parsley minced
- 1/2 tsp sugar
- 1 tbsp butter
- 1 tbsp oil
- 1 cup low sodium tomato sauce
- 1 tsp dried thyme
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Instructions
- In a large non-stick saucepan over medium-low heat, melt butter and heat oil.
- Add onion and garlic and sauté 25 minutes or until onions are very soft and golden.
- Stir in tomatoes, broth, tomato sauce, thyme, bay leaf, sugar, salt and pepper.
- Bring to boil then reduce heat and simmer the tomato-garlic soup, covered, for 15 minutes.
- Remove bay leaf and stir in parsley.