Tomato Soup

I have been so fed of my own soups lately. I needed a new one, and I remembered this one from A Cup of Jo and Kenton was impressed. Not hard, just needs a lot of garnish at the end.

INGREDIENTS:

-600 grams of canned tomatoes. 

-2 tablespoons of butter.

-4-5 tablespoons of tomato paste, or tomate frito.

-half an onion.

-2 garlic cloves.

-2-3 teaspoons of sugar.

-1 teaspoon of thyme.

-1 teaspoon of italian herbs.

-some cream.

-salt and pepper.

STEPS:

1. Melt the butter and sautee in it the onions and garlic in saucepan.

2. Now add the thyme and the tomato paste until it caramelizes a little.

3. Now add the tomatoes can, with the juice and break the tomatoes a bit.

4. Now add 4 cups of water or 1 litre, or slightly less and bring it to a boil.

5. Now reduce the soup a little, bring it down to a simmer and let the water evaporate a little, like 20 minutes.

6. Now puree it with a hand mixer.

7. Now add the cream, I added like 30 ml, and it improves the consistency a lot.

8. Now add the sugar, otherwise it is too acidic.

9. Now add your spices until you feel satisfied. I added salt, pepper, italian spices, more thyme and finally another dab of tomato pasto. 

10. If you serve it with parmesano cheese on top, your world will rock.