Serene Vannoy wrote:
> Kajikit wrote:
>> I bought three and a half pounds of baby roma tomatoes for 50c a pound
>> and I want to make them into soup... but I've never done tomato soup
>> before! Looking up recipes on google is just making me more confused
>> because some of them say to peel them first, some use them whole, some
>> put them through a food mill, some use roux, some use chicken stock
>> etc etc. I need a really nice SIMPLE recipe I can whip up for dinner
>> tonight.
>>
>> And no celery - we don't have any! I've got fresh tomatoes, onions,
>> carrots, potato and fresh garlic in the cupboard and a can of chicken
>> stock in the pantry if it's really required.
>
> I'm too late for you, I think, but my favorite simple tomato soup recipe
> is just to sautee onions in olive oil, add canned tomatoes, blend, and
> add cream/salt/pepper to taste.

Oh, and I've done this with fresh tomatoes, too, and I don't bother
peeling/seeding, etc.

Serene

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