Winter Tomato Bisque

Recipe Ingredients

2 tablespoons	30ml	Butter or margarine
1 tablespoon	15ml	Onion - chopped (large)
1/3 cup	20g / 0.7oz	Unsifted all-purpose flour
2 teaspoons	10ml	Dried tarragon or savory leaves
1/4 teaspoon	1.3ml	Salt
1/4 teaspoon	1.3ml	Freshly-ground black pepper
1		Condensed chicken broth - (10 1/2 oz)
1 cup	237ml	Water
1/3 cup	20g / 0.7oz	Dried tomato bits,
		Or 8 dried plum tomato halves
1 lb	454g / 16oz	Ripe tomatoes
1		Condensed Italian tomato soup - (11 1/8
		Oz)
1		Condensed tomato soup - (10 3/4 oz)
2 1/2 cups	592ml	Milk
1/2 cup	118ml	Half-and-half
		Chopped fresh tarragon or
		Savory leaves and sprigs

Recipe Instructions

In 4-quart saucepan, melt butter over medium heat. Add onion and saute until tender. Stir flour, tarragon, salt, and pepper into onion until well mixed. Gradually stir in undiluted broth and water until well combined. Add tomato bits and heat mixture to boiling, stirring constantly. Cover and reduce heat to low. Simmer soup 10 minutes, stirring occasionally.

Meanwhile, peel, seed, and dice tomatoes. Stir undiluted tomato soup, milk, and half-and-half into soup until well mixed. Increase heat to medium-high and heat soup until bubbles appear around side of pan. Do not boil. Stir in diced tomatoes and heat through.

Ladle soup into bowls. If desired, sprinkle soup with chopped herbs and place bowls onto plates garnished with sprigs of herbs.

This recipe yields 8 servings.

Source:
Undocumented, but from the WWW

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