Old Fashioned Tomato Cream Soup

Total Time: 1 hr 20 mins Preparation Time: 30 mins Cook Time: 50 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 6
• 1 1/2 lbs ripe tomatoes, peeled,seeded and chopped
• 1 medium onion, studded with
• 10 whole cloves
• 1 1/4 cups beef stock
• 2 tablespoons chopped fresh basil
• 2 teaspoons salt
• 1/2 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper
• 1/4 teaspoon ground nutmeg
• 1/4 teaspoon ground coriander
• 1/4 teaspoon baking soda
• 2 teaspoons sugar
• 2 tablespoons flour
• 2 tablespoons butter, softened
• 1 1/2 cups heavy whipping cream, heated almost to boiling
• fresh basil leaf, finely chopped,for garnish

Recipe

• 1 in a large deep saucepan, over a medium heat, cook the tomatoes, onion, beef stock, basil, salt and pepper, nutmeg and coriander for 30 minutes.
• 2 let cool a little, then remove and discard the cloves from the onion.
• 3 puree the soup in a blender until smooth (this may be done in batches).
• 4 return the soup to the saucepan and stir in the baking soda and sugar.
• 5 blend the flour and butter together to form a smooth paste.
• 6 stir this into the soup.
• 7 watching carefully, cook the soup, over a medium-low heat, until thickened, 10 to 15 minutes.
• 8 remove the saucepan from the heat and slowly stir in the warmed cream.
• 9 return the soup to the heat and continue to warm it, just until it is piping hot and about to come to a boil.
• 10 (don't let it boil or it will curdle and truly disappoint you).
• 11 serve this soup garnished with fresh basil leaves.