Tomato Florentine Soup
From mommyluvs2cook 16 years ago
- 55 minutes to make
- Serves 6
This is a very flavorful and suprisingly filling delicious tomato soup.
Ingredients
- 3 tablespoons butter shopping list
- 3 tablespoons flour shopping list
- 3/4 cup diced onions (!/4-inch diced) shopping list
- 2 tablespoons butter shopping list
- 2 tablespoons chopped garlic shopping list
- 3 chicken bouillon cubes shopping list
- 1 cup boiling water shopping list
- 1 (28 ounce) can crushed tomatoes (3 cups) shopping list
- 1 tablespoon ketchup shopping list
- 3/4 cup vegetable juice, such as V-8 shopping list
- 1/2 tablespoon dried basil shopping list
- 2 tablespoon dried dill shopping list
- 1/4 teaspoon hot pepper sauce, such as Tabasco shopping list
- 1/2 teaspoon sugar shopping list
- 1/4 teaspoon black pepper shopping list
- 2 tablespoons dry white wine shopping list
- 2 cups heavy cream shopping list
- 1/2 cup julienned fresh spinach (1/8 inch julienned) shopping list
How to make it
- Prepare a roux: Heat 3 tablespoons butter in heavy saucepan over medium heat until foaming. Whisk in flour. Cook until straw colored, about 3 minutes. Set aside to cool.
- Saute onions in 2 tablespoons butter over medium heat until golden brown. Add garlic and continue to saute 1-2 minutes. Remove mixture from heat and puree in food processor.
- Prepare chicken base: Dissolve chicken bouillon cubes in hot water. In a small dutch oven or heavy pot, heat tomatoes, ketchup, vegetable juice and chicken base over medium-low heat. Add pureed onion mixture, basil, dill, hot pepper sauce, sugar, black pepper and wine. Simmer 15 minutes. Whisk in roux and simmer an additional 30 mintes over medium-low heat. Whisk in cream. Add spinach. Serve immediatley with a crusty italian bread or cool and refrigerate.
The Rating
Reviewed by 10 people-
Just give me a bowl of this and a grilled cheese sandwich and I am happy!
lanabade
in Goshen loved it
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Awesome soup... I'm glad Keni makes so many of your recipes, since they always turn out great. :) Very creamy, and I liked the spinach and dill... makes it just different enough from normal "boring" tomato soup. The spicy V8 does add just a tiny bite...more
malty
in Missoula loved it
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Well, now we don't have to wonder. ;) This was SO good! I did start it like I usually start similar soup recipes by sauteing the onion and garlic then just adding the flour and making the roux, from that, adding the tomatoes(and all the ingredients...more
keni
in Sweet Home loved it
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