Creamy Tomato Bisque Soup Recipe
Recipe Description:
Tomatoes, tomatoes, tomatoes.
After making countless batches of delicious, fresh salsa and storing up jars of homemade ketchup, what else to do with the last of these jewels of summer? Now that the days are shorter and the nights are deliciously crisp, how about a nice, comforting bowl of creamy tomato bisque (a.k.a. Jeremy's all-time favorite soup)? Pair it with a buttery, sourdough drilled cheese sandwich, yes? Let's do this thing.
Recipe
Instructions:
Purée tomatoes in blender (a high-speed like a Vita-Mix is best) until thoroughly blended.
Heat soup pot with bacon grease until melted and add onion, carrot, and celery. Sauté until the onions are translucent. Whisk in flour for about 3 minutes. Add stock and puréed tomatoes and continue to whisk until it's brought to a boil.
Turn heat to medium-low and add thyme sprigs, red pepper flakes, and pepper. Keep the top open and allow soup to reduce to about 1/3 (about 45 minutes to 1 hour), stirring occasionally.
Turn off heat and compost thyme sprigs. If you don't mind your soup a little lumpy, add remaining ingredients, run an emersion blender through it, and you're good to go. If you're like my husband and enjoy the bisque as smooth as possible, you may also want to pour it through a sieve, composting any chunks.
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