Simple Homemade Tomato Soup
Monday, May 6, 2019
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Simple Homemade Tomato Soup with carrots, onions, garlic, tomatoes, broth, and bacon for deliciously rich flavor. Extremely easy to make!
Hallooooo, March!
And hallo, last month of soup weather. Right? RIGHT? Although, let’s be honest – I would not be sad if I ended up eating this for 12 out of 12 months of the year. This homemade tomato soup could love me all year long.
I based this recipe off of the cream of tomato soup recipe in The New Classics cookbook by Saveur, because if you might remember, I got that book for Christmas and I’m working my way through it, reading it literally cover to cover. Reading a cookbook like this cover to cover essentially means cooking it cover to cover, which is possibly the best thing that ever did happen to me. This book has been my 2015 Cooking Energy Love Source. I’m just constantly inspired by it.
Can I blow your mind for a second? This homemade tomato soup starts with bacon. B-a-c-o-n. Tomato soup // bacon // it just works. These are the delicious ways in which Saveur inspires.
The base is made with smoky, rich bacon pieces plus the addition of carrots, onions, and garlic – and then we get the tomato paste, a pinch of flour, the broth, and the tomatoes themselves simmering all up in the pot. Ohhhmygosh, the smells that will happen. I am having a hard time imaging anything more comforting than being in my kitchen experiencing the simmer-smells of this simple homemade tomato soup in progress.
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Prep Time: 10 mins Cook Time: 50 mins Yield: 4 1x
DESCRIPTION
Simple Homemade Tomato Soup with carrots, onions, garlic, tomatoes, broth, and bacon for deliciously rich flavor. Extremely easy to make!
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INGREDIENTS
4 slices bacon, cut into small pieces
2 carrots, chopped
half of a yellow onion, chopped
4 cloves garlic, minced
1 1/2 tablespoons tomato paste
1 tablespoon flour
4 cups chicken broth (more to thin out the soup at the end as needed)
1/2 teaspoon dried thyme
1 bay leaf
1 28-ounce can whole San Marzano tomatoes
cream (optional – to add at the end as desired)
INSTRUCTIONS
Fry the bacon in a large soup pot over medium low heat until bacon starts to get crispy and browned, about 5-8 minutes.
Add the carrots, onion, and garlic to the bacon in the pan; saute for 5-10 minutes until the vegetables are very aromatic and tender.
Add the tomato paste – stir for a few minutes until you can see/smell the tomato paste starting to brown and caramelize. Add the flour and stir for a minute or so.
Pour the tomatoes and their juice into a bowl and crush them with your hands. Add the broth, thyme, bay leaf, and tomatoes to the soup pot. Simmer for 30 minutes. Puree in batches and return to the pot. Add cream if you want.
Recipe adapted from Simple Homemade Tomato Soup