Cream Of Sun Dried Tomato Soup Food

CREAM OF FRESH TOMATO SOUP

Steps:

• Heat the olive oil in a large, heavy-bottomed pot over medium-low heat. Add the onions and carrots and saute for about 10 minutes, until very tender. Add the garlic and cook for 1 minute. Add the tomatoes, sugar, tomato paste, basil, chicken stock, salt, and pepper and stir well. Bring the soup to a boil, lower the heat, and simmer, uncovered, for 30 to 40 minutes, until the tomatoes are very tender.
• Add the cream to the soup and process it through a food mill into a bowl, discarding only the dry pulp that's left. Reheat the soup over low heat just until hot and serve with julienned basil leaves and/or croutons.

SUN DRIED TOMATO SOUP

Steps:

• Preheat medium size pot on low heat and swirl oil to coat. Add garlic and cook for 30 seconds, stirring occasionally. Add tomatoes and cook for 8-10 minutes, increasing heat to medium and stirring occasionally.
• Add sun dried tomatoes, coconut milk, water or broth and salt. Stir, cover and cook for 5 minutes.
• Remove from heat and using an immersion blender puree until smooth. Add ground black pepper to taste and serve hot garnished with basil. Sprouted toast would be nice too.

CREAM OF SUN-DRIED TOMATO SOUP

Steps:

• Place the milk, onion, peppercorns, salt and bouquet garni in a saucepan and bring slowly to a boil. Form a smooth paste of the rice flour and the cold milk. Put into the just-boiling milk and stir briskly until there are no lumps. Simmer over very low heat for 20 minutes. Meanwhile, boil the sun-dried tomatoes in the 2 cups of water; do not drain. Strain the milk mixture, add the tomatoes and their liquid, and simmer another 5 minutes. In a blender, in batches, liquefy the soup. Return to the stove and bring just to a boil. Add the optional cream, if desired, and serve in hot bowls garnished with a minced green herb.

CHICKEN WITH SUN-DRIED TOMATO CREAM SAUCE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 400 degrees F. Season chicken thighs with salt and pepper, to taste. Melt 2 tablespoons butter in a large oven-proof skillet over medium high heat. Add chicken, skin-side down, and sear both sides until golden brown, about 2-3 minutes per side; set aside. Melt remaining tablespoon butter in the skillet. Add garlic and red pepper flakes, and cook, stirring frequently, until fragrant, about 1-2 minutes. Stir in chicken broth, heavy cream, sun dried tomatoes, Parmesan, thyme, oregano and basil. Bring to a boil; reduce heat and simmer until slightly thickened, about 3-5 minutes. Return chicken to the skillet. Place into oven and roast until completely cooked through, reaching an internal temperature of 175 degrees F, about 25-30 minutes. Serve immediately, garnished with basil, if desired.

PASTA WITH SUN-DRIED TOMATO CREAM SAUCE

Steps:

• In a large pot of boiling salted water, cook pasta according to package instructions; drain well. Heat olive oil in a large skillet over medium high heat. Add sausage, and cook, stirring frequently, until sausage is lightly browned, about 3-4 minutes; set aside. To make the cream sauce, melt butter in a large skillet over medium heat. Add garlic and cook, stirring frequently, until fragrant, about 1-2 minutes. Whisk in flour until lightly browned, about 1 minute. Gradually whisk in chicken broth and cook, whisking constantly, until incorporated, about 1-2 minutes. Stir in heavy cream, sun dried tomatoes, Parmesan, oregano, basil and red pepper flakes until slightly thickened, about 1 minute. Season with salt and pepper, to taste. Stir in pasta and sausage until well combined, about 1-2 minutes. Serve immediately, garnished with parsley, if desired.

CREAM OF SUN-DRIED TOMATO SOUP

Steps:

• Heat the olive oil in a large pot over moderate heat.
• Add the onion, celery, carrot, and garlic and sauté until tender but not brown, about 5 minutes.
• Add the stock, tomatoes, potato, sun-dried tomatoes, and basil.
• Bring to a boil, reduce heat, and simmer covered for 20 minutes, until the vegetables are tender.
• Puree in a food processor, or blender, in small batches until smooth.
• Strain through a fine sieve if desired.
• Stir in the milk or cream and season with sugar, salt, and pepper.
• Serve garnished with chopped chives.
• This soup gets an additional tomato punch from the concentrated flavor of the sun-dried tomatoes.

VEGETARIAN TOMATO CREAM SOUP WITH SUNDRIED TOMATOES.

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 375 degrees.
• Put the sundried tomatoes in a heatproof bowl and cover with 4 cups of boiling water.
• Drain the canned tomatoes and preserve the liquid. Cut them in 1/2 and put in a shallow roasting pan. My oven is only big enough for an 8x8 pan and it works for this as well. Try to drain the tomato juice from the roasting pan after you've finished putting them in there, and keep the liquid. Draining will help them roast better.
• Drizzle with two tablespoons of olive oil and sprinkle with thyme.
• Roast in the oven for about 30 minutes. If you used a more shallow pan, the tomatoes will be drier and browned. In the 8x8 it just gives them a nice flavor. You can roast them for longer if you want them to be drier.
• Once the tomatoes are done roasting, pour the soaking liquid from the sundried tomatoes into the roasting pan. It sounds gross, but it's totally good. Trust me. Roughly chop the sundried tomatoes too and add those to the roasting pan also. Break up the roasted tomatoes and scrape up the browned bits at the bottomg at the same time while mixing all of this together.
• Heat the remaining olive oil in a soup pot over medium to medium-high heat (whatever is appropriate for your cookwear). When hot, add the garlic and cook until it begins to change color - about 1 minute. Add the carrot and onion and cook until they start to sweat - about 3 minutes. Sprinkle with salt and pepper, then add the honey and stir until it melts.
• Add the reserved liquid from the canned tomatoes and stir for a few minutes - until the liquid begins to darken. Add the stock and the contents of the roasting pan (at this point, it's the whole peeled tomatoes, the sundried tomatoes, and the soaking liquid for the sundried tomatoes). Chop the basil and add it to the soup.
• Turn the heat up and bring the soup to a boil and the lower so it boils gently. Cover and cook for 30 minutes. (It can cook for longer too, but only needs about 30 minutes. I think it tastes a bit better when it cooks for about an hour).
• Turn off the heat and let it the soup stop boiling and cool a bit. Use an immersion blender to puree the soup. (Or you can let the soup cool to room temperature and puree it in a blender and return to the pan and reheat). Stir in heavy cream and serve or make ahead and reheat when you're ready. This stores will in the refrigerator - I haven't tried in the freezer.

SUN DRIED TOMATO CHICKEN

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C).
• Season chicken with Italian seasoning, salt, and pepper. Place chicken in a baking dish and cook in preheated oven for about 20 minutes.
• Meanwhile, fill a small saucepan halfway with water and bring to a boil. Cook sun-dried tomatoes in the boiling water until soft, 7 to 10 minutes. Remove the tomatoes from the water and puree in a food processor until smooth.
• Heat olive oil and butter in a skillet over medium heat. Cook garlic in butter and oil until garlic turns brown, 3 to 5 minutes. Stir in the cream of chicken soup and milk. Cook 5 to 7 minutes, stirring frequently. Season with Italian seasoning, salt, and pepper. Stir in the pureed tomato and simmer 5 minutes. Add baked chicken breasts to the pan and simmer until chicken is completely cooked through and juices run clear, about 5 minutes.

CORN PASTA WITH SUN-DRIED TOMATOES

Steps:

• In a large skillet, melt the butter over medium heat. Add the coriander and garlic and let it toast until you smell it, 30 to 45 seconds. Add half of the corn and cook for a couple of minutes to soften. Add the sugar, scallions and a pinch of salt. Cook for 2 to 3 minutes. Add the heavy cream and simmer until the cream reduces slightly, 3 to 5 minutes.
• Pour the mixture into a blender and puree until smooth. If the corn is "stringy" or the sauce grainy, strain through a fine-mesh sieve. Transfer the sauce to a large skillet and stir in the sun-dried tomatoes. Keep warm.
• In a large pot, bring 6 quarts of water to a rolling boil. Add a generous amount of salt. The pasta water should taste like sea water. Add the pasta to the pot and stir so it doesn't stick to the bottom as it cooks. Cook the pasta until al dente (chewy but not hard or raw tasting), 8 to 10 minutes. Reserve a little of the pasta cooking liquid in case you need it later, then drain the pasta in a colander.
• Toss the pasta in the skillet with the sauce and remaining corn. Add some basil leaves and salt and pepper. Scoop into bowls and top with Parmesan and more basil leaves.