Tomato Potato Soup With Roasted Garlic Food

ROASTED GARLIC TOMATO SOUP

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°. Remove papery outer skin from garlic bulbs, but do not peel or separate the cloves. Cut off top of garlic bulbs, exposing individual cloves. Drizzle cut cloves with 2 tablespoons oil. Wrap in foil; place on a foil-lined 15x10x1-in. baking pan., Place tomatoes on same pan; sprinkle with 1/8 teaspoon salt and 1/8 teaspoon pepper. Bake 40-45 minutes or until garlic cloves and tomatoes are soft. Unwrap garlic and cool 10 minutes., In a large saucepan, heat remaining oil over medium heat. Add onion; cook and stir until tender. Add minced garlic, thyme and tomatoes. Squeeze garlic from skins and add to tomato mixture. Add stock; bring to a boil. Reduce heat; simmer, uncovered, 20-25 minutes or until flavors are blended, stirring occasionally., Remove soup from heat; cool slightly. Process in batches in a blender until smooth; return to saucepan. Add cream and the remaining salt and pepper; heat through, stirring occasionally.

TOMATO-POTATO SOUP WITH ROASTED GARLIC

Steps:

• In a medium pot, heat the oil over medium Add the onion and celery and cook, stirring often, until the onion starts to soften, about 4 minutes.
• Add the stock, tomatoes (with their juices), potatoes and salt and pepper. Bring to a boil over medium-high Reduce the heat to medium-low and simmer, uncovered, until the vegetables are tender, about 20 minutes.
• Remove the pot from the heat. Using an immersion blender in the pot, blend the soup until smooth.
• Bring the soup back to a boil over medium-high. Add the roasted garlic cloves, honey and cayenne (if using). Stir well or, for a smoother soup, blend again with the immersion blender.
• Ladle the soup into warm bowls and enjoy its garlicky goodness.

ROASTED GARLIC & TOMATO SOUP

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 400F. Place garlic and tomatoes in a casserole dish. Drizzle 1 tablespoon of extra virgin olive oil on top and season with salt and pepper. Roast for 45 minutes until garlic is golden and tomatoes are softened. Let cool about 15 minutes and then squeeze garlic into a bowl. Remove skin from tomatoes and add to bowl with the garlic. Set aside.
• Heat 1 tablespoon extra virgin olive oil in a medium sized pot over medium heat. Add onions and saute for 5 minutes or until softened.
• Add in vegetable broth and bring to a boil. Stir in garlic, tomatoes, coriander, paprika, thyme and cayenne pepper and turn heat down to low. Simmer for 10 minutes.
• Use an immersion blender to puree soup for about 30 seconds on low speed. Pour into bowls. Top with Parmesan cheese and season with salt and pepper, if desired.

OVEN-ROASTED TOMATO AND GARLIC SOUP

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 200 degrees F. Place the tomatoes cut-side up on a baking sheet. Combine the garlic and olive oil and brush the tomatoes with it, then season to taste with the salt and pepper. Roast until dried and soft, about 8 hours.
• Heat oil in a medium skillet until the oil begins to simmer. Add the garlic and cook until the slices begin to brown and curl. Remove with a slotted spoon and drain on paper towels.
• Heat the olive oil in a large saucepan over medium-high heat until it begins to smoke and saute the onions until golden. Add the wine, raise the heat to high, and reduce until almost dry. Add the stock, canned tomatoes, roasted garlic and roasted tomatoes and reduce by one-quarter.
• Puree the mixture in a food processor and pour into a large pot. Add the thyme, honey and salt and pepper to taste and set aside until just before serving time. Reheat over medium heat and pour into a large serving bowl. Garnish with garlic chips.

ROASTED TOMATO AND GARLIC SOUP

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 500 degrees. Mix all of the ingredients in a large bowl. Pour into roasting pan and place in 500-degree oven. Roast for approximately 1 hour, until the skins just start to blacken; stir the tomatoes often to avoid burning the top layer while the bottom remains undercooked. Remove from the oven and pass through a food mill with a medium disc. Bring to a boil and check seasoning. Serve and drizzle with herb oil and garlic croutons.

ROASTED GARLIC-TOMATO SOUP

Steps:

• In a 2-qt saucepan, heat oil over medium heat.
• Add onion and cook and stir 5 minutes.
• Stir in tomatoes, broth, basil and pepper flakes and heat to boiling.
• Reduce heat; cover and simmer 10 minutes.
• Remove from heat; uncover and cool for 15 minutes.
• Place mixture in blender, cover and blend until smooth.
• Return to sauce pan and stir in cream, if using.
• Heat through until hot.

ROASTED GARLIC POTATO SOUP

Steps:

• Place garlic and canola oil in a small saucepan. Simmer until golden brown. Strain the garlic from the oil. (The oil can be discarded, or saved for another recipe.).
• Pour olive oil in a 5-6 quart stockpot over medium high heat. Add shallot, leeks and potatoes. Saute 12-15 minutes, or until vegetables begin to brown.
• Deglaze the pan with the wine, and reduce to 1/3 the original volume of liquid.
• Add chick stock and cream. Bring to a boil, reduce heat, and simmer about 30 minutes, until potatoes are tender.
• Pour soup into blender, add half the garlic, and process until smooth. (Be careful with the hot liquid. If you have an immersion blender, use that instead.).
• Return soup to stockpot over low heat. Add seasonings and blend well.
• Garnish with remaining garlic gloves.

CREAMY TOMATO SOUP WITH OREGANO AND ROASTED GARLIC

Steps:

• In a nonreactive soup pot, heat oil over medium-low heat and add onion.
• Stir and saute for a minute or two.
• Cover, lower heat and sweat onions for about 3 minutes.
• Add tomatoes and stock to the pot, stir and increase heat to medium.
• Squeeze garlic cloves from their skins into the soup pot and add 1 tablespoon of the garlic- infused oil left from roasting.
• Add the oregano, stir well, cover and cook until soup comes to a simmer.
• Simmer gently for 5 to 10 minutes.
• Season with salt and pepper.
• In a blender in small batches, blend the soup.
• Return the blended soup to the pot.
• Put the last ladle or two of soup into the blender, add cream and blend.
• Then add the cream mixture to the soup pot and stir to blend.
• Heat over low heat until the soup is heated through.
• Taste for seasoning.
• Sometimes canned tomatoes can be acidic so add honey or sugar to bring up the sweetness if necessary.
• Serve hot.
• Do not allow the soup to boil or it may separate.
• ROASTING GARLIC:.
• To roast garlic, separate the cloves and put them in a small ovenproof dish and drizzle with two tablespoons of olive oil and cover with foil.
• Bake at 325 degrees for about 35 to 40 minutes until the cloves are soft and tender.

ROASTED TOMATO SOUP WITH GARLIC

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 400°F Place tomatoes, cut side up, on large baking sheet. Sprinkle with salt and pepper. Drizzle tomatoes with 3 tablespoons olive oil. Roast until tomatoes are brown and tender, about 1 hour. Cool slightly.
• Transfer tomatoes and any accumulated juices to processor. Using on/off turns, process until slightly chunky.
• Heat 3 tablespoons oil in large pot over medium-high heat. Add garlic and sauté until fragrant, about 2 minutes. Stir in tomatoes, rosemary, thyme and dried crushed red pepper. Add chicken or vegetable stock/broth; bring to boil. Reduce heat and simmer uncovered until soup thickens slightly, about 25 minutes. Remove from heat. (Can be prepared 1 day ahead. Cover and refrigerate. Rewarm soup over medium-high heat before continuing.) Stir in basil. Season to taste with salt and pepper.
• Meanwhile, preheat broiler. Brush both sides of baguette slices with remaining 2 tablespoons oil. Transfer to large baking sheet. Broil croutons until golden, about 2 minutes per side. Serve with soup.
• Makes 4 servings.
• Bon Appétit.
• February 1998.