December 29, 2022
November 18, 2022
Mary Jones’s Fresh Tomato Soup
Cut up fresh tomatoes, onions, and garlic. Spread evenly on cookie sheet, drizzle with olive oil. Broil till charred.
Meanwhile, bring 4 cups beef or chicken broth to a boil.
Add fresh basil to vegetables, slowly puree. Add to broth.
Janet Crawford’s Roasted Garden Tomato Sauce
(from ourbestbites.com)
This oven-roasted tomato sauce is excellent for freezer storage. Thin it out for an amazing soup, use it thick as a spread on pizza or crostini, or use on pasta as usual.
Note: This is a small one-pan batch. If you have lots of tomatoes, make multiple pans and just rotate them half way through cooking.
Ingredients:
- 2 lbs tomatoes, any variety, any size
- 2 carrots, any variety
- 1 medium onion, any variety
- 3 tablespoons olive oil
- 1/2 teaspoon kosher salt
- 1/4 teaspoon black pepper
- 6–8 tablespoons beef broth
- 1/3 cup herbs (I usually do about 1/4 cup basil, 1/2 tablespoon minced rosemary, 1 tablespoon minced oregano)
- Additional salt and pepper
- optional if needed: ½ to 2 teaspoons sugar, balsamic vinegar
For roasted garlic
- 1 head garlic
- 2 teaspoons olive oil
- salt and pepper
Instructions:
Preheat oven to 300 degrees. Line a large baking sheet with foil.
Slice tomatoes in half or quarters, making them all roughly the same size (no need to peel). Chop carrots in half lengthwise and then in 1” to 2” pieces. Chop onion in large pieces, about 1” to 2”. Place everything on baking sheet and drizzle with olive oil and sprinkle with salt and pepper. Arrange everything in a single layer, with tomatoes sitting skin-side down. Cut top 1/3 of whole garlic head off and discard. Place garlic on a piece of foil and drizzle with olive oil and sprinkle with salt and pepper. Pull sides of foil up and secure. Place foil pack on baking sheet with tomatoes.
Roast in the oven for 2-3 hours, until everything is tender and tomatoes appear slightly shriveled. (In my oven it almost always takes 2 1/2 hours).
Remove from oven and let cool slightly. Place roasted vegetables in a food processor with broth. Open garlic packet and squeeze all cloves into the food processor. Pulse several times and then add fresh herbs. Pulse again until desired consistency is reached. Season with salt and pepper, add additional broth for consistency. If needed, add a little sugar, or a drizzle of balsamic vinegar. Let cool completely and then store in the fridge for a few days, or in the freezer for several months. Yields 2-1/2 cups sauce.