Cream of tomato soup

   Summer is over. However, our home is full of garden goodies. I was thinking what to do with tomatoes and discover tomato soup on internet. It was experiment for me. But I was totally happy with it. This soup is very delicious. Even my husband, who doesn't like soups, liked it! So for three plates of this yumminess you will need:

• 900 g. of sliced tomatoes;
• 1 head of garlic (divided in cloves) plus one clove of garlic;
• 30 g. of balsamic vinegar (I used thick balsamic vinegar sauce);
• few splashes of olive oil;
• salt;
• pepper;
• 1 tea spoon of sugar;
• 1 onion;
• 1 celery stalk;
• 1 tea spoon of dried basil;
• 0,5 l of vegetable or chicken stock;
• 3 spoons of cream;
• 3 slices of toasting bread;
• cheese of your choice (I used red cheddar).

   Sliced tomatoes, and crushed garlic cloves (from 1 head of garlic) put in baking dish. Sprinkle salt, pepper, sugar and splash olive oil and balsamic vinegar on tomatoes and garlic cloves. There will be some liquid from tomatoes, so make sure that your baking dish is with edges.

   Tomatoes with garlic bake in preheated oven to 200° C for 35 minutes.

   Chop onion, garlic clove and celery stalk. Bake onion with a bit of oil on stove in soup pot. When onion is tender, add garlic, celery and tea spoon of dried basil. Everything in the pot slightly roast. Then add baked tomatoes, garlic with all liquid to the pot. Add stock of your choice.

Wait till soup comes to a boil and turn off the stove. Then blend soup in a blender, till it is creamy.

    Stain soup through a sieve to make sure there is no chunks and tomatoes peels in this goodness. Then again come cream soup to a boil and make sure that you don't need more salt or pepper. That is it. Soup is ready.
 

While soup is coming to a boil, prepare cheese toasts. Toast bread in toaster and put some cheese between two breads. To melt cheese in bread, heat cheese toast for a few seconds in a microwave or in the oven.







 












   Serve cream of tomato soup with spoon of cream, a pinch of dried basil (fresh basil is even better) and cheese toast.

   Enjoy!