Fresh Tomato Soup With Basil

Name: Fresh Tomato Soup With Basil
Yield: Serves 4 to 6
Ingredients: 5 pounds, ripe beefsteak or plum tomatoes, cored and quartered; plus 1 pound, cored and diced medium; 2 , onions, chopped; 8 , garlic cloves, peeled and left whole; plus 1 clove, minced; 3 tablespoons, extra-virgin olive oil; , Salt; , Sugar; 1 cup, chopped fresh basil

Main Courses
Vegetables
Soups

Appears in Cook's Country August/September 2007

Depending on the juiciness of your tomatoes, you may need to thin the soup with a little water.

SERVES 4 to 6

TIME 1¼ hours, plus 30 minutes marinating

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