Tomato Soup

Ingredients

• 4 Tbsp unsalted butter
• 2 yellow onions, finely chopped (~3 cups)
• 3 garlic cloves, minced (~1 Tbsp)
• 2 cans crushed tomatoes
• 2 cups (powdered, vegetarian) beef stock
• ¼ cup chopped basil
• 1 Tbsp sugar
• ½ cup heavy whipping cream (optional)

Method

1. Sauté onions in butter, 10-12 min, until golden. Add garlic, 1 min more.
2. Add tomatoes, stock, basil, sugar, salt and pepper. Boil, then simmer partially covered, 10 min.
3. Cool, blend to desired consistency.
4. Reheat, serve with parmesan/cream/basil as desired.

Notes

• If the soup is a bit sour you can cut through it with some extra sugar.