CREAM OF FRESH TOMATO SOUP
From linebb956 16 years ago
- 180 minutes to make
- Serves 8
One of my favorite homemade tomato soups.. Again from McCalls 1970... but a keeper... First cream of tomato soup I learned to make that did not come out of a can!
Ingredients
- 1 veal or beef knuckle... about 3 pounds shopping list
- 1/4 cup butter shopping list
- 1/2 cup onion chopped shopping list
- 1/3 cup chopped pared carrot shopping list
- 2 cans chicken broth (13 3/4 oz size) shopping list
- 2 leeks sliced shopping list
- 1 stalk celery sliced shopping list
- 4 juicy red ripe tomatoes quartered (1 1/2 pounds) shopping list
- 1 can tomato puree (16 oz size) shopping list
- 4-6 parsley sprigs shopping list
- 2 teaspoons ssalt shopping list
- 10 whole black pepper corns shopping list
- 1 tablespoon sugar shopping list
- 1/2 cup light cream shopping list
- 1 tablespoon butter shopping list
How to make it
- Wipe knuckle with damp paper towels
- brown in 1/4 cup hot butter in a 6 quart dutch oven or kettle.. about 15 minutes or until browned well, lift out, set aside.
- To drippings add onions and carrots, saute stirring about 5 minutes, or until onion is tender.
- Add chicken broth, leeks, celery, tomatoes, tomato pruee, parsley, black peppers and sugar, Mix well.
- Bring to boiling, add knuckle, reduce heat and simmer 2 1/2 hours or until meat is tender.
- Last 1/2 hour skim foam from surface.
- Remove knuckle
- Line strainer with cheesecloth doubled.
- Strain soup, pressing mixture through cloth with wooden spoon.
- Return soup to kettle
- Add cream and butter
- Stir over LOW heat until hot..
- Serve with sliced meat or save it for a diffrent dish...
- I add the marrow from the bone into the soup.
- Serve with additional parsley sprinkled on top!
- This makes about 1 1/2 quarts..
- Very good .... Enjoy!
People Who Like This Dish 6
- lincolntoot Freehold, NJ
- mystic_river1 Bradenton, Florida
- dandelion Ashland, NE
- bonzaichef Rochester, Kent., GB
- linebb956 La Feria, TX
- Show up here?Review or Bookmark it! ✔
The Rating
Reviewed by 2 people-
Tomato soup is my hubby's favorite and I'm sure this will be awesome! 5 forks!
lincolntoot
in Freehold loved it
The Groups
- Not added to any groups yet!
Reviews & Comments 2
-
All Comments
-
Your Comments
" It was excellent "