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Family heirloom: Fresh-market tomato soup

When the going got tough my mother always used to say, "When life throws you tomatoes, make a tomato soup." I kid. Thankfully, she never actually said that, but she did make an amazing fresh-market tomato soup. I love this simple recipe because It's Cuisinart-free and when you dip crusty bread in it, the "going" does get a little easier.







Prep time:
15 minutes

Cook time:
1 hour

Serves 4

Ingredients:

3 pounds heirlooms seeded and chopped

2 tablespoons of extra-virgin olive oil

1 Vidalia onion thinly sliced

3 garlic cloves (chopped)

1/4 cup white wine

sea salt

black pepper

1 cup of Parmesan cheese, grated (pass at the table)

fresh basil leaves

Directions:

1. In a medium pot , over medium and on low heat, heat the oil and cook the onion and garlic for 15-20 min.

2. Add 1/4 cup of white wine. Cook over the low heat and add the tomatoes increasing the heat to medium and continue to simmer for 1 hour.

3. Add salt and pepper and a little water for consistency as you stir. Amount of water depends on how thick/thin you like your soup.

4. Ladle into warm bowls, drizzle each with olive oil, basil and grated Parmesan (a whole basil leaf on top of each bowl)

Pass Parmesan cheese & crust bread around the table as you serve.

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Comments 1-6 of 6
  • heap's Avatar
    Posted by heap Fri Sep 19, 2008 8:24am PDT

    this is a very good dish

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  • Stephanie Ashley's Avatar
    Posted by Stephanie Ashley Fri Sep 19, 2008 9:29am PDT

    Wow, this looks delicious! I recently went vegetarian, and I can't wait to try this at home! (Isn't it odd that tomato soup minus the can is a foreign concept to me?)

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  • Ashish's Avatar
    Posted by Ashish Fri Sep 19, 2008 4:25pm PDT

    i am not too sure about the white wine bit....even though Ms. Nemser loves her booze, how about chicken broth instead? (or vegetable broth incase you wanna keep this recipe vegetarian)

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  • bukurije's Avatar
    Posted by bukurije Sat Sep 20, 2008 6:59am PDT

    a made these soup and it is amazing our tomatoes are wonderfull

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  • J J's Avatar
    Posted by J J Sun Sep 21, 2008 10:00pm PDT

    I don't like tomato soup!

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  • Rita's Avatar
    Posted by Rita Mon Sep 22, 2008 12:13am PDT

    please continue with your cooking. I have over more than 1500 heirloom tomatoes(hobby)here in my garden in Flanders in Belgium

    thanks

    Madame Tomate

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