CREAMY TOMATO SOUP WITH PESTO

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This is from 30 Minute Meals and is so good! Comfort food along with a grilled cheese sandwich or a patty melt. Enjoy!

Provided by Sharon123

Categories     Vegetable

Time 35m

Yield 4 serving(s)

Number Of Ingredients 17

4 cups whole milk
3 (14 ounce) cans diced tomatoes, drained (or use fresh!)
2 tablespoons tomato paste
1 medium onion, chopped
salt and pepper
1 teaspoon sugar
4 tablespoons all-purpose flour
2 tablespoons butter, cut in pieces
1 stalk celery, coarsely chopped
2 cloves garlic
12 ounces basil or 12 ounces cilantro
1/2 cup pine nuts or 1/2 cup pecans
1/2 cup extra virgin olive oil, eyeball it
2 cloves cracked garlic
1/4 teaspoon ground or grated nutmeg
salt and pepper
1/2 cup grated parmesan cheese

Steps:

  • Heat the milk over moderate heat in a medium pot.
  • Put tomatoes, tomato paste, onions, salt and pepper, sugar, flour, butter, and celery into a food processor and grind until smooth.
  • Pour mixture into milk and raise heat to bring soup to a boil.
  • Reduce heat and then simmer 15 minutes.
  • While soup cooks, make pesto, if not using storebought.
  • Fill the food processor with watercress, loosely packed.
  • Add hazelnuts, 1/2 of the oil and garlic cloves to the watercress in the processor.
  • Add nutmeg, salt and pepper to the processor bowl, set lid in place and pulse grind the mixture into a thick paste.
  • Add any remaining watercress to the processor and grind into the paste by pulsing the processor again.
  • Transfer watercress paste to a bowl.
  • Stir in the remaining oil and the cheese.
  • Taste pesto sauce and adjust seasonings.
  • Pour soup into shallow bowls and add a couple of rounded spoonfuls of pesto to each dish and stir it into the soup.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 738.8, Fat 55.3, SaturatedFat 15, Cholesterol 50.7, Sodium 1084.2, Carbohydrate 46.7, Fiber 7.4, Sugar 28.4, Protein 21.2

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