Winter Tomato Bisque
This tantalizing and delicious bisque is made with juicy tomatoes, chopped onions and light cream.
Yield
8 servingsPrep
10 minCook
40 minReady
60 minIngredients
| Amount | Measure | Ingredient | Features |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | tablespoons |
butter
or margarine |
|
| 1 | each |
onions
chopped |
|
| ⅓ | cup |
all-purpose flour
unsifted |
|
| 2 | teaspoons |
savory
or tarragon, dried, leaves |
|
| ¼ | teaspoon |
salt
|
|
| ¼ | teaspoon |
black pepper
ground |
|
| 1 | each |
vegetable stock
or chicken or beef |
*
|
| 1 | cup |
water
|
|
| ⅓ | cup |
tomatoes
cut into bits, oven dried, or 8 dried plum tomato halves, chopped |
|
| 1 | pound |
tomatoes
|
|
| 1 | each |
tomato soup
italian, 11 1/8 oz can, condensed |
*
|
| 2 ½ | cups |
milk
|
|
| ½ | cup |
light cream (half&half)
|
|
| 1 | x |
savory
whole sprigs, or tarragon leaves, fresh, chopped |
*
|
Ingredients
| Amount | Measure | Ingredient | Features |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3E+1 | ml |
butter
or margarine |
|
| 1 | each |
onions
chopped |
|
| 79 | ml |
all-purpose flour
unsifted |
|
| 1E+1 | ml |
savory
or tarragon, dried, leaves |
|
| 1.3 | ml |
salt
|
|
| 1.3 | ml |
black pepper
ground |
|
| 1 | each |
vegetable stock
or chicken or beef |
*
|
| 237 | ml |
water
|
|
| 79 | ml |
tomatoes
cut into bits, oven dried, or 8 dried plum tomato halves, chopped |
|
| 453.6 | g |
tomatoes
|
|
| 1 | each |
tomato soup
italian, 11 1/8 oz can, condensed |
*
|
| 591 | ml |
milk
|
|
| 118 | ml |
light cream (half&half)
|
|
| 1 | x |
savory
whole sprigs, or tarragon leaves, fresh, chopped |
*
|
Directions
In 4-quart saucepan, melt butter over medium heat. Add onion and sauté until tender. Stir flour, tarragon, salt, and pepper into onion until well mixed. Gradually stir in undiluted broth and water until well combined. Add tomato bits and heat mixture to boiling, stirring constantly. Cover and reduce heat to low. Simmer soup 10 minutes, stirring occasionally.
Meanwhile, peel, seed, and dice tomatoes. Stir undiluted tomato soup, milk, and half-and-half into soup until well mixed. Increase heat to medium-high and heat soup until bubbles appear around side of pan. Do not boil. Stir in diced tomatoes and heat through.
Ladle soup into bowls. If desired, sprinkle soup with chopped herbs and place bowls onto plates garnished with sprigs of herbs.
Note: Dried tomato bits or halves are available in the produce section of most major supermarkets.
