Orange-basil Tomato Soup

Total Time: 55 mins Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 35 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 4
• 1 teaspoon vegetable oil
• 1 cup chopped onion
• 2 garlic cloves, crushed
• 6 medium ripe tomatoes, peeled and chopped
• 2 teaspoons dried basil
• 1 cup orange juice
• 2 1/2 teaspoons sugar
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1/8 teaspoon pepper

Recipe

• 1 heat oil in a medium saucepan over medium heat. add onion and garlic. cook, stirring frequently, until onion is tender, about 5 minutes.
• 2 add tomatoes and basil. bring mixture to boil. reduce heat medium-low, cover and simmer 30 minutes.
• 3 place soup in a blender container and blend until smooth. pour soup, a little at a time, through a sieve or strainer, back into saucepan. press pulp through the stainer using the back of a spoon. only the seeds should remain in the strainer, to be discarded.
• 4 stir in orange juice, sugar, salt and pepper into soup. heat through.
• 5 serve hot or cold.