Roasted Tomato Soup with Chipotle

• servings: 6 servings
• total time: 1 hour 10 minutes

Ingredients

3 pounds fresh plum or garden tomatoes, cored and sliced in half

1 onion, peeled and quartered lengthwise (root end to top)

4 to 5 cloves garlic, left in the skins

1 red bell pepper, cored and sliced in half

Extra virgin olive oil

Kosher salt

1 to 2 chipotle chiles (canned in adobo), roughly chopped

2 cups chicken stock (or vegetable broth for vegetarian option)

Sliced fresh basil or chopped fresh cilantro for garnish

Sour cream for garnish

Directions

Preheat oven to 400°F. Coat the bottom of a rimmed baking pan or baking sheet with olive oil.

Roast the tomatoes, bell pepper, garlic, and onions: Arrange the tomatoes and red bell pepper cut side down on the sheet. Place the garlic cloves and onion on the baking sheet. Paint olive oil over the vegetables and sprinkle everything with salt. Bake in the oven 45 minutes, or until the skins of the tomatoes and peppers start to blacken.

Purée the roasted vegetables with chipotle: Remove the baking sheet from the oven and allow it to cool for 10 minutes. Pick the tomato and red pepper skins off the tomatoes and peppers and discard. Peel the skins off the garlic and discard. Reserve the baking sheet. Put the roasted tomatoes, onions, peeled garlic, roasted peppers, and chipotle into a food processor or blender. Add any of the tomato liquid that may be left in the baking pan. Scrape up any browned bits on the pan (not blackened bits) and add those to the food processor bowl as well. Pulse until you have a rough purée, about 60 seconds.

Add the stock and simmer: Pour the purée into a medium pot. Add 2 cups of stock. Heat the soup to a simmer. Add salt to taste.

Serve: Garnish with a dollop of sour cream that has been lightly thinned with water, and freshly sliced basil or chopped cilantro.

Nutrition

• Serving Size: Serves 4-6
• Calories: 115 kcal
• Total Fat: 4 g
• Saturated Fat: 1 g
• Unsaturated Fat: 0 g
• Cholesterol: 4 mg
• Sodium: 181 mg
• Total Carbohydrate: 17 g
• Dietary Fiber: 4 g
• Total Sugars: 9 g
• Protein: 5 g