Simple Roasted Tomato Soup

Total Time: 1 hr 15 mins Preparation Time: 1 hr Cook Time: 15 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 6
• 1 onion, quartered
• 1 garlic head, peeled and woody tip trimmed
• 14 roma tomatoes, halved, cored and seeded
• 4 carrots, rough chopped
• 1/4 cup olive oil
• 1 (15 ounce) can tomato sauce
• 4 cups chicken broth
• 1 teaspoon dried basil
• 2 tablespoons sugar
• salt and pepper

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 375 degrees. prepare the onion, garlic, tomatoes, and carrots and place them on a cookie sheet. cover with the olive oil and season with salt and pepper. place in the oven and roast for an hour.
• 2 remove the vegetables from the oven and transfer to a food processor. puree until completely smooth (or transfer to a large pot and use an immersion blender.
• 3 transfer the pureed vegetables to a large pot and heat of medium low heat. pour in the chicken broth and tomato sauce and season with basil.
• 4 add in one tablespoon of sugar and taste, if it still tastes slightly bitter from the tomato sauce slowly add in the other tablespoon of sugar, a little at a time, keep tasting to suit your tastes.
• 5 salt and pepper to taste and reduce heat and allow to simmer 15 minutes so the flavors meld.