Tomato Cheese Soup

Servings: 12 Difficulty: Intermediate
Hearty Tomato and Cream Cheese Soup with Mushrooms and Herbs
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This comforting soup combines baked tomatoes with sautéed mushrooms, onions, and aromatic herbs in a rich beef stock base. A creamy blend of cream cheese is stirred in for a smooth, velvety texture. Perfect for cold evenings, it offers a savory depth with a hint of sweetness from the baked vegetables.

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Tomato Cheese Soup

Difficulty: Intermediate
Servings: 12 Calories: 2818.4

Description

This comforting soup combines baked tomatoes with sautéed mushrooms, onions, and aromatic herbs in a rich beef stock base. A creamy blend of cream cheese is stirred in for a smooth, velvety texture. Perfect for cold evenings, it offers a savory depth with a hint of sweetness from the baked vegetables.

Ingredients

Directions

  1. Place the tomatoes, with juice, in a buttered oven-proof baking dish.
  2. Add the celery, garlic and red pepper and cover and bake in a 325 degree oven for 25 minutes.
  3. Saute the mushrooms and onion in the second batch of butter in a large stock pot for about 8 minutes.
  4. While stirring, slowly add the flour and sugar, blending until mixture is very smooth.
  5. Add the stock, basil, rosemary and thyme, stirring until soup comes to a boil.
  6. Add the contents of the baked tomato pan from the oven and bring to a boil.
  7. Cover and simmer the soup for about 30 minutes.
  8. Meanwhile, in a food processor, blend the cream cheese, salt and pepper until smooth.
  9. Slowly stir the cream cheese into the soup.
  10. Garnish with chopped parsley.

Nutrition Facts

Servings 12


Amount Per Serving
Calories 2818.4kcal
% Daily Value *
Total Fat 237.2g365%
Saturated Fat 129.4g648%
Cholesterol 800.9mg267%
Sodium 866.5mg37%
Total Carbohydrate 68.3g23%
Dietary Fiber 9.8g40%
Sugars 26.8g
Protein 149.9g300%

* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet. Your daily value may be higher or lower depending on your calorie needs.

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