Pampered Chef 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.

PAMPERED CHEF ITALIAN MEATBALL SOUP

Steps:

• Peel carrots. Finely chop carrots, celery and onion with a food chopper.
• Lightly spray a 4 quart casserole with oil and add carrots, celery and onion. Cook over medium heat for 4-5 minutes or until vegetables begin to brown, stirring occasionally.
• Push vegetables to one side of casserole. Add tomato paste; cook 1-2 minutes or until tomato paste begins to caramelize.
• Add pressed garlic and seasoning mix; mix well. Stir in tomatoes, broth and water; bring to a simmer.
• Cut meatballs in half; add to soup. Simmer an additional 10-12 minutes; season to taste with salt and pepper.