Suggested ingredients:
1 medium white or yellow onion
6 tablespoons (3/4 stick) butter
Two 14.5-ounce cans diced tomatoes
One 46-ounce bottle or can tomato juice
3 to 6 tablespoons sugar
1 or 2 tablespoons chicken base, or 3 chicken bouillon cubes
Freshly ground black pepper
1 cup sherry, optional
1 1/2 cups heavy cream
1/4 cup chopped fresh basil
1/4 cup chopped flat-leaf parsley
My specific choices and deviations:
- two small homegrown onions
- a full stick of butter
- 5 tablespoons of sugar
- 2 tablespoons of chicken base
- LOTS of black pepper because both Reebar and I prefer it that way
- I did include the sherry
- I went a bit heavy on both basil and parsley, and also garnished with both.
Honestly, we both felt it was one of the best soups we've ever had. Here are some pictures!
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| THE INGREDIENT LINEUP. Even if you buy all of these ingredients new, the total cost for this recipe is only about $30, which is very affordable when you consider it makes about 10-12 servings (not the 6 to 8 the website claims). We used store (Kroger) brand or other cheap alternatives whenever possible. |
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| Melting the butter and cooking the onions. |
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| After adding the diced tomatoes. |
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| Mixing in the diced tomatoes. |
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| After adding tomato juice, sugar, and plenty of black pepper. |
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| After removing from heat and adding cream, sherry, basil and parsley. |
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| Mixing it all up! |
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| Finished product. Smells amazing. |
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| Garnish with more basil and parsley. |
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| Enjoy! |
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