Smoky Tomato Soup

Total Time: 55 mins Preparation Time: 25 mins Cook Time: 30 mins

Ingredients

• 1 pint cherry tomatoes or 1 pint other fresh tomato
• 1/4 red onion
• 2 slices pancetta, diced
• 1 tablespoon olive oil
• 2 tablespoons flour
• 1 ounce smoked swiss cheese, shredded
• 2 cups chicken broth
• 15 ounces diced tomatoes
• 1 cup canned tomato sauce
• 1 teaspoon fresh black pepper
• 1 teaspoon cajun seasoning
• 1/2 teaspoon garlic powder
• 1 teaspoon chopped fresh thyme

Recipe

• 1 pierce skin of tomatoes and add with onion to a baking dish. broil for 4-5 minutes until skin is blackening. remove from the oven and allow to cool.
• 2 while tomatoes cool. brown over medium heat until crispy in the soup pot (4 quart capacity). remove pancetta and drain on paper towel, leaving fat in the pot.
• 3 add olive oil and flour. stir constantly for 1 minutes. whisk in chicken stock and bring to simmer, continuing to stir.
• 4 add cheese and continue to whisk for an additional minute.
• 5 add diced tomatoes and tomato sauce to the pot.
• 6 chop broiled onion and tomatoes finely, until almost crushed. add to the pot.
• 7 add pepper, cajun seasoning, thyme, and garlic powder.
• 8 simmer for at least 30 minutes but up to two hours. can also at this point be transferred to a crock pot to finish cooking.
• 9 serve topped with crispy pancetta.