Smoked Tomato Soup

Total Time: 1 hr Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 45 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 8
• 1 tablespoon olive oil
• 1 large red onion, diced
• 5 garlic cloves, whole
• 1 pinch thyme
• 12 tomatoes, smoked and diced
• 2 (14 ounce) cans diced tomatoes
• 2 (14 ounce) cans chicken stock
• mexican hot sauce
• 4 ounces blue cheese
• 8 ounces heavy cream
• 1 dash salt, to taste
• fresh cilantro (to garnish)

Recipe

• 1 in a stock pot, saute onion, garlic, and thyme in olive oil over medium heat until onions are translucent.
• 2 stir in smoked tomatoes and canned tomatoes.
• 3 stir in some salt to taste.
• 4 simmer until tomatoes render their juices.
• 5 stir in chicken broth and mexican hot sauce to taste.
• 6 simmer another few minutes.
• 7 add more salt to taste (if necessary).
• 8 stir in blue cheese until all melted.
• 9 cool soup and puree in a blender. if the soup is too warm the steam will build up in the blender and explode.
• 10 return to stock pot, stir in heavy cream, and serve when hot.
• 11 stirring in the cream is the final step before serving as the cream can curdle if added too early.
• 12 the base (soup without cream) can be refridgerated for future use. just add cream and warm before serving.
• 13 garnish with a sprig or two of fresh cilantro before serving.