Creamy Tomato-Vodka Soup
September 2007
Makes: 8 servings
Prep: 20 mins
Cook: 5 hrs 30 mins
- 1 tablespoon extra-virgin olive oil
- 2 onions, sliced
- 2 - 3 small cloves garlic, smashed and peeled
- 1 32 ouncecontainer (4 cups) vegetable broth
- 2 28 ouncecans Italian plum tomatoes, drained
- 1 15 ouncecan tomato sauce
- 1/4cup vodka
- 6 sprigs flat-leaf parsley
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 1 teaspoon sugar
- 2 cups half-and-half
- In a medium skillet, heat the olive oil over medium-high heat. Add the onions and garlic and cook, stirring often, for 30 seconds.
- Add the broth, tomatoes, tomato sauce, vodka, parsley, salt and sugar to the slow cooker; add the sauteed onions and garlic. Cover and cook on high heat to stew the tomatoes, 5 hours. Discard the parsley sprigs.
- Using an immersion blender or a food processor, puree the soup in batches (be careful-the liquid is hot). Stir in the half-and-half. Cook in the covered slow cooker on low heat until heated through, 20 to 30 minutes.
Tip
- Score an "X" in the bottom of the tomato and place in boiling water for 1 minute.
- Place the tomatoes into ice water.
- Starting at the "X," pull off the skin.