How Do You Make Easy Garden Fresh Tomato Soup?
My sister gave me a basic version of her tomato soup. I made a few changes and put my own spin on it. This was my first attempt at tomato soup. Enjoy! I definitely did. I can’t get enough of the stuff now. Peel the skin off of the tomatoes with a serrated knife and cut off the top leafy core. If you want you can blanch the tomatoes for a few minutes and the skin comes off more easily but I was too lazy for this so I just peeled them and chopped them fine with a knife and discarding the peelings into the trash. Combine 1 chopped onion, 3 chopped green peppers, 1 chopped garlic clove and 2 tbsp of butter to large pot. Heat on medium to medium high,stirring occasionally, until ingredients are soft and they start to caramelize. Next add your fresh skinned and chopped tomatoes into the pot with carmelized onion,green peppers, and garlic. Add 1 tbsp of baking soda. Allow tomatoes to cook down and get a little softer. Use potato masher to help breakup the tomato pieces and mix all of the flav