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Comfort Food Spicy Tomato Soup

ByThe Reverend Katherine

Comfort Food Spicy Tomato Soup-

I’m cooking up some yummy comfort food today. Our oldest granddaughter won’t eat tomato soup unless she has a grilled cheese sandwich to dip 🙂 That is the ultimate in comfort food. Roasted tomatoes give this yummy soup a wonderful full taste and the spices give it a little spicing up too.
spicy tomato soup
What You Need

1 Tbsp extra-virgin olive oil
1 small onion (chopped)
2 garlic cloves (crushed)
coarse salt and ground pepper
1 tsp ground cumin
1/2 tsp ground coriander
4 cups roasted tomatoes (canned, jarred or made by you, see recipe below)
1/2 tsp sugar
1/2 cup cream ( half n half or milk is fine too)
1 Tbsp unsalted butter
Fine mesh sieve or food mill
Blender
Additional, your choice of one or all :Fresh cilantro leaves, croutons and red-pepper flakes, for serving

Let’s Make It! In a saucepan, heat oil over medium heat. Add onion and garlic and season with salt and pepper. Cook, stirring occasionally, until onion is soft (about 12 minutes). Add cumin and coriander; cook, stirring, until fragrant. Add tomatoes, sugar, and 1/2 cup of cream and 1/2 cup of water water, stir well and  cook until warmed through. In batches, puree soup in a blender until smooth (use caution when blending hot liquids). Strain through a fine-mesh sieve. Stir in butter and season with salt and pepper. Serve soup with crusty croutons, chopped cilantro (or cilantro leaves) and red-pepper flakes.
Serves 4

Roasted Tomatoes
2 cans (28 oz. each) whole peeled tomatoes
3 garlic cloves (crushed)
3 Tbsp olive oil
Large roasting pan

Before You start: Preheat oven to 400 degrees.
Let’s Make it! Place tomatoes in a large roasting pan. With your hands or a large fork, roughly tear each tomato into 1-inch strips. Add garlic and drizzle oil over top. Roast until mixture thickens and holds a trail when you run a knife through it 60-90 minutes) rotate the roasting pan halfway through the cooking time. Use immediately, or let cool, then refrigerate in an airtight container, up to 1 week.

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  3. Great Recipe! I wish I would have found this sooner to try when it was a bit colder! But that won't stop me from trying it!!

    Thanks for sharing it! I am a new follower from MBC and will be checking back often 🙂

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  11. This sounds really good for a cold night. We love tomato soup with grilled cheese after church on Sunday night. Thanks for sharing it, Katherine!
    Happy Sunday!

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  17. I love tomato soup, it's such a winter comfort food! It would go nicely with my recent post about maple muffins for dessert . . . Thanks, and have a wonderful weekend!

    Mary

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  18. On a cold day Tomato bisque is
    my favoeire with fresh basil.
    This sounds so good i am going to try it. Thanks,
    yvonne

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  21. This is right up my alley & the weather we've been having has me craving soups. I will def. give this a try. Thanks! 🙂

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  23. That recipe sound so good! Hot soups ate a life savour on winter days, and i love tomatoes! Have a lovely sunday!

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  24. Oh my goodness, that looks and sounds delish and perfect for a cold not-so-Florida like weather we're having. Yum!

    Hugs,
    Kat

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  28. Wow, home made tomato soup. Brings back child hood memories and the desire for a peanut butter and jelly sandwich. 🙂

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  30. Sounds delicious, Katie! Thank you so much for sharing the recipe with us. I like food with a little kick, and I've always been a big tomato soup fan.

    XO,

    Sheila 🙂

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  34. wow this really looks good and I love the idea of roasting the toms first to get extra flavour! I'm a big soup maker but never tomato although this one does look exceptional I may just have to give it a try x

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  37. My husband has warm memories of tomato soup from his childhood. I've never made it for him in all the 32 years I've been with him!!… *slapping my hand…"Bad Wife!* So….maybe now is the time! 🙂

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  40. I love tomato soup, and I bet the roasted tomatoes make it even more delicious! Will have to give this a try. Thanks for sharing!

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