I know exactly what you are thinking. This looks like just another bowl of tomato soup, right? Well, yes…but it’s so much more than that. Whether you choose to use canned, peeled tomatoes or fresh tomatoes from the garden, this pureed soup starts with the basics: onions, carrots, celery and garlic– but ends with two special ingredients that really transform the soup. The first is fresh rosemary; not a typical herb found paired with tomatoes, but a wonderful one actually. A hint of the rosemary’s piney taste of the tomatoes is a lovely match for the tomato soup, as is creamy mascarpone cheese to enrich the pureed soup. Creamy, flavorful and filled with yummy veggies, my Creamy Tomato Soup with Rosemary is a lovely soup to serve anytime of year.
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Creamy Tomato Soup with Fresh Rosemary
Ingredients:
- 1 Tablespoon olive oil
- 1 large carrot, diced
- 1 small yellow onion, diced
- 2 garlic cloves, thinly sliced
- 1 stalk of celery, chopped
- salt and pepper
- (1) 28-oz. can whole peeled tomatoes OR 8 ripe plum tomatoes, chopped roughly
- 2 Tablespoons chopped fresh rosemary
- 3 cups chicken stock or vegetable stock
- 1/2 cup dry white wine
- 1/2 cup mascarpone cheese, at room temperature
Directions:
- In a large soup pot or Dutch oven, heat the oil over medium heat. Add in the diced carrot, onion, garlic and celery. Season with ½ teaspoon salt and a big grinding of black pepper. Sauté for 5-7 minutes or until the onions are translucent. Add in the tomatoes and the rosemary. Cook over medium heat, stirring often, for 10-12 minutes or until the tomatoes have begun to break down.
- Season with another ½ teaspoon of salt. Add in the two liquids, reduce the heat low and simmer the soup for 15-20 minutes or until the tomatoes are broken down and the other veggies are tender.
- Remove the soup from the heat and stir in the mascarpone cheese. With a hand-held immersion blender, puree the soup until smooth. Taste and adjust seasonings if necessary; serve warm.
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