Fun With Food Friday

Tomato Basil Soup

Well it's getting to be that time of year to start making all those yummy soups and I am happy to be bringing you a very yummy recipe sent in by: Andrea S.

- Depending on the amount of soup you'd want, get between 25 and 30 large, ripe tomatoes. (These also come in cans if you don't want to peel them yourself).
- Peel the skins off all the tomatoes, and put them in a large pot with the juice on low heat.

- Sprinkle in some pepper. This is done to taste, so don't go overboard here because you can always add some later if needed.
- After the tomatoes have been simmering on a low heat for around 45 minutes to an hour, use an immersion blender or scoop the still-whole tomatoes into a blender and puree.


- Put about a cup and a half  of whole basil leaves in a food processor, and grind them up. This is to taste though, so add slowly until you reach the desired basil-ness. Add to the soup. You can also use dried basil if fresh is not available to you.

- Continue to let the soup simmer, the thicker and less watery it becomes.


 Enjoy this wonderful soup with Grilled Cheese or some fresh sourdough bread.
Make sure you hop on over to Mama Chocolate and Little BGCG and what they cooked up this week.