Fresh Tomato Soup

Total Time: 35 mins Preparation Time: 5 mins Cook Time: 30 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 6
• 4 cups chopped fresh tomatoes
• 1 slice onion (i use vidalia)
• 4 whole cloves
• 2 cups chicken broth (i use vegetable)
• 2 tablespoons butter
• 2 tablespoons all-purpose flour
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 2 teaspoons sugar, to taste (i used less than 2 tsp)

Recipe

• 1 in a large pot, over medium heat, combine the tomatoes, onion, cloves and chicken broth.
• 2 bring to a boil, and gently boil for about 20 minutes to blend all of the flavors.
• 3 remove from heat and run the mixture through a food mill into a large bowl, or pan.
• 4 discard any stuff left over in the food mill.
• 5 you can also strain this to remove the large pieces (i don't have a food mill.) in the now empty pot, melt the butter over medium heat.
• 6 stir in the flour to make a roux, cooking until the roux is a medium brown.
• 7 gradually whisk in a bit of the tomato mixture, so that no lumps form, then stir in the rest.
• 8 season with sugar and salt, and adjust to taste.