Yield 8 servings Number Of Ingredients 16 Steps:
Preheat oven to 200 degrees F. Place the tomatoes cut-side up on a baking sheet. Combine the garlic and olive oil and brush the tomatoes with it, then season to taste with the salt and pepper. Roast until dried and soft, about 8 hours. Heat oil in a medium skillet until the oil begins to simmer. Add the garlic and cook until the slices begin to brown and curl. Remove with a slotted spoon and drain on paper towels. Heat the olive oil in a large saucepan over medium-high heat until it begins to smoke and saute the onions until golden. Add the wine, raise the heat to high, and reduce until almost dry. Add the stock, canned tomatoes, roasted garlic and roasted tomatoes and reduce by one-quarter. Puree the mixture in a food processor and pour into a large pot. Add the thyme, honey and salt and pepper to taste and set aside until just before serving time. Reheat over medium heat and pour into a large serving bowl. Garnish with garlic chips.
Yield Makes 4 servings Number Of Ingredients 9 Steps:
Preheat oven to 400°F. Place tomatoes, cut side up, on large baking sheet. Sprinkle with salt and pepper. Drizzle tomatoes with 3 tablespoons olive oil. Roast until tomatoes are brown and tender, about 1 hour. Cool slightly. Transfer tomatoes and any accumulated juices to processor. Using on/off turns, process until slightly chunky. Heat 3 tablespoons oil in large pot over medium-high heat. Add garlic and sauté until fragrant, about 2 minutes. Stir in tomatoes, rosemary, thyme and dried crushed red pepper. Add chicken stock; bring to boil. Reduce heat and simmer uncovered until soup thickens slightly, about 25 minutes. Remove from heat. (Can be prepared 1 day ahead. Cover and refrigerate. Rewarm soup over medium-high heat before continuing.) Stir in basil. Season to taste with salt and pepper. Meanwhile, preheat broiler. Brush both sides of baguette slices with remaining 2 tablespoons oil. Transfer to large baking sheet. Broil croutons until golden, about 2 minutes per side. Serve with soup.
Number Of Ingredients 11 Steps:
Preheat oven to 500 degrees. Mix all of the ingredients in a large bowl. Pour into roasting pan and place in 500-degree oven. Roast for approximately 1 hour, until the skins just start to blacken; stir the tomatoes often to avoid burning the top layer while the bottom remains undercooked. Remove from the oven and pass through a food mill with a medium disc. Bring to a boil and check seasoning. Serve and drizzle with herb oil and garlic croutons.
Time 1h25m Yield 4 servings. Number Of Ingredients 10 Steps:
Preheat oven to 350°. Remove papery outer skin from garlic bulbs, but do not peel or separate the cloves. Cut off top of garlic bulbs, exposing individual cloves. Drizzle cut cloves with 2 tablespoons oil. Wrap in foil; place on a foil-lined 15x10x1-in. baking pan., Place tomatoes on same pan; sprinkle with 1/8 teaspoon salt and 1/8 teaspoon pepper. Bake 40-45 minutes or until garlic cloves and tomatoes are soft. Unwrap garlic and cool 10 minutes., In a large saucepan, heat remaining oil over medium heat. Add onion; cook and stir until tender. Add minced garlic, thyme and tomatoes. Squeeze garlic from skins and add to tomato mixture. Add stock; bring to a boil. Reduce heat; simmer, uncovered, 20-25 minutes or until flavors are blended, stirring occasionally., Remove soup from heat; cool slightly. Process in batches in a blender until smooth; return to saucepan. Add cream and the remaining salt and pepper; heat through, stirring occasionally.
Time 1h Yield 6 Number Of Ingredients 10 Steps:
Preheat oven to 400 degrees F (200 degrees C). Line a large baking sheet with aluminum foil. Spread tomatoes, onion, and red bell pepper in 1 layer onto the prepared baking sheet. Drizzle olive oil over tomato mixture and season with salt and pepper. Roast in the preheated oven for 30 minutes; add garlic and continue roasting until tomato mixture is tender, about 15 more minutes. Bring chicken broth, basil, and parsley to a boil in a large stockpot; reduce heat and simmer. Put half the tomato mixture into a blender. Cover and hold lid down; pulse a few times before leaving on to blend until smooth, adding a small amount of the warm chicken broth if liquid is needed. Pour pureed tomato mixture into stockpot with chicken broth. Puree remaining half of tomato mixture and add to chicken stock mixture, mixing well. Simmer for 5 minutes.
Time 1h Yield about 4 cups. Number Of Ingredients 9 Steps:
In a 3-cup baking dish, combine the garlic and oil. Cover and bake at 300° for 25-30 minutes or until lightly browned., In a large saucepan, bring the garlic, tomatoes and tomato puree to a boil. Reduce heat; cover and simmer for 30 minutes. , Add the cream, oregano, basil, salt and pepper. Cool slightly. Place half of the soup at a time in a blender; cover and process until pureed. Return to the pan; heat through.,
Time 35m Yield 6 serving(s) Number Of Ingredients 10 Steps:
In a nonreactive soup pot, heat oil over medium-low heat and add onion. Stir and saute for a minute or two. Cover, lower heat and sweat onions for about 3 minutes. Add tomatoes and stock to the pot, stir and increase heat to medium. Squeeze garlic cloves from their skins into the soup pot and add 1 tablespoon of the garlic- infused oil left from roasting. Add the oregano, stir well, cover and cook until soup comes to a simmer. Simmer gently for 5 to 10 minutes. Season with salt and pepper. In a blender in small batches, blend the soup. Return the blended soup to the pot. Put the last ladle or two of soup into the blender, add cream and blend. Then add the cream mixture to the soup pot and stir to blend. Heat over low heat until the soup is heated through. Taste for seasoning. Sometimes canned tomatoes can be acidic so add honey or sugar to bring up the sweetness if necessary. Serve hot. Do not allow the soup to boil or it may separate. ROASTING GARLIC:. To roast garlic, separate the cloves and put them in a small ovenproof dish and drizzle with two tablespoons of olive oil and cover with foil. Bake at 325 degrees for about 35 to 40 minutes until the cloves are soft and tender.
Time 40m Yield 4 cups, 4 serving(s) Number Of Ingredients 7 Steps:
In a 2-qt saucepan, heat oil over medium heat. Add onion and cook and stir 5 minutes. Stir in tomatoes, broth, basil and pepper flakes and heat to boiling. Reduce heat; cover and simmer 10 minutes. Remove from heat; uncover and cool for 15 minutes. Place mixture in blender, cover and blend until smooth. Return to sauce pan and stir in cream, if using. Heat through until hot.
