Creamy Tomato Soup with Roasted Garlic and Basil

Name: Creamy Tomato Soup with Roasted Garlic and Basil
Prep time: 1 h 25 min
Cook time: 1 h 25 min
Total time: 1 h 25 min
Yield: 7
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 794 grams diced tomatoes, un-drained; 118 milliliters fat-free half-and-half; 710 milliliters fat-free, less-sodium chicken broth, divided; 2 Tbsps all-purpose flour; 118 milliliters chopped fresh basil; 1 whole garlic head; 1 Tbsp olive oil; 237 milliliters chopped onion (about 1 medium); 0 teaspoons pepper; 2 Tbsps tomato paste

Creamy Tomato Soup with Roasted Garlic and Basil requires about 1 hour and 25 minutes from start to finish. This recipe makes 7 servings with 90 calories, 4g of protein, and 3g of fat each. This recipe covers 9% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. Not It is perfect for Autumn. A mixture of garlic head, half-and-half, tomato paste, and a handful of other ingredients are all it takes to make this recipe so scrumptious. It is a good option if you're following a vegetarian diet. It works well as a soup.

Instructions

Preheat oven to 35

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Oven

Remove white papery skin from garlic head (do not peel or separate the cloves). Wrap head in foil.

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Clove

Garlic

Wrap

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Aluminum Foil

Bake at 350 for 40 minutes; cool 10 minutes. Separate cloves; squeeze to extract garlic pulp. Discard skins.

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Extract

Clove

Garlic

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Oven

Heat oil in a Dutch oven.

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Cooking Oil

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Dutch Oven

Add garlic and onion; saut until onion is tender.

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Garlic

Onion

Add tomatoes and tomato paste; simmer 5 minutes.

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Tomato Paste

Tomato

Add 2 1/2 cups chicken broth.

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Chicken Broth

Combine 1/2 cup broth and flour in a small bowl; stir with a whisk.

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Broth

All Purpose Flour

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Whisk

Bowl

Add flour mixture to tomato mixture. Bring to a boil; reduce heat, and simmer, uncovered, 30 minutes or until mixture thickens, stirring occasionally.

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Tomato

All Purpose Flour

Place soup in batches in a blender or food processor; process until smooth. Return mixture to Dutch oven; stir in basil, half-and-half, and pepper.

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Pepper