Tomato And Chicken Florentine Soup Food

TOMATO FLORENTINE SOUP

Steps:

• Heat olive oil over high heat in a large soup pot.
• Add the onion, celery, and carrots; saute until the onions turn clear.
• Add in the soup, tomatoes, tomato sauce, salt, pepper, sugar substitute and water; bring to a boil.
• Turn down to low heat and allow to simmer for about 1 1/2 to 2 hours.
• Add spinach, tortellini and basil; bring back up to a low boil and cook 7-10 minutes or until the tortellini are tender.

TOMATO FLORENTINE RICE SOUP

Steps:

• Bring the tomato juice & broth to a boil in a large pot; lower the temperature & simmer for about 60 - 75 minutes or until the liquid is reduced to about half of the original amount.
• Add spinach, garlic, lemon juice& spices; bring to a boil, then lower heat& simmer for 20 minutes.
• Remove bay leaves, add rice and simmer for 10 minutes.

TOMATO FLORENTINE SOUP

Steps:

• Heat oil in Dutch oven over medium heat. Add onion and celery; cook 7 minutes or until tender, stirring frequently.
• Stir in garlic, cook 1 minute.
• Add Italian seasoning, water, broth, tomatoes and tomato sauce.
• Bring to a simmer, cook 25 minutes, stirring occasionally.
• Stir in pasta and cook 8 minutes.
• Add spinach, cook 2 minutes or until spinach wilts and pasta is done.
• Stir in salt and pepper.
• Divide soup evenly among 4 bowls, top with cheese. Serving size: 1 3/4 cups soup and 1 tablespoon cheese.

CHICKEN TORTELLINI FLORENTINE SOUP

Steps:

• In a large stockpot cook the tortellini according to package directions. Drain and set aside.
• In the same pan combine the broth and Alfredo sauce. You can use store bought broth and Alfredo sauce or homemade. Either way it will turn out great. Stir in the chicken and tomato strips. Heat to boiling and then reduce the heat. Simmer, uncovered, for 5 minutes.
• Add the cooked tortellini and spinach. Let it simmer for about 5 minutes to heat through and wilt the spinach.Even after making this I felt that it needed just a little more liquid. So as not to lose the creamy texture I added heavy cream until I got the consistency I was looking for. Milk or broth would also work.
• Sprinkle each serving with Parmesan cheese and serve with warm garlic bread.

LIKE ZIO'S TOMATO FLORENTINE SOUP

Steps:

• 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.
• Sauté onions in 2 tablespoons butter over medium heat until golden brown.
• Add garlic and continue to sauté 1-2 minutes.
• Remove mixture from heat and pure 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 pured onion mixture, basil, dill, hot pepper sauce, sugar, black pepper and wine.
• Simmer 15 minutes.
• Whisk in roux and simmer an additional 30 minutes over medium-low heat.
• Whisk in cream.
• Add spinach.
• Serve immediately or cool and refrigerate.