Mega Garlic Tomato Soup

Total Time: 1 hr 10 mins Preparation Time: 10 mins Cook Time: 1 hr

Ingredients

• Servings: 6
• 1 cup water
• 1 cup tomato juice or 1 cup vegetable cocktail
• 3 cups vegetable broth or 3 cups chicken broth
• 4 medium tomatoes, cubed
• 1/4 red onion
• 10 cloves fresh garlic, halved
• 3 cloves fresh garlic, crushed
• 1 teaspoon cooking oil (i use sunflower)
• 1 teaspoon dried rosemary
• 1 teaspoon dried basil
• 2 -3 teaspoons vinegar (optional)
• fresh ground pepper
• sea salt
• tabasco sauce

Recipe

• 1 sautee onions and 10 cloves of halved garlic in a saucepan with a pinch of sea salt and a teaspoon of oil until golden.
• 2 combine in a blender with tomatoes and puree.
• 3 in a large pot, bring 3 cups of broth and 1 cup of water to a boil.
• 4 add contents of blender, and tomato juice and bring to a boil again.
• 5 reduce heat to medium-low, add rosemary, basil, and crushed garlic.
• 6 add vinegar only if the soup is not acidic already.
• 7 simmer over medium-low heat for 30-45 minutes until desireable thickness is reached.
• 8 add tabasco, pepper and/or sea salt to taste.
• 9 serve with rice or small pasta noodles.
• 10 tastes even better the next day!
• 11 mmmmmm!