Smoked Tomato Soup

🧂 Ingredients

• 1 tbsp olive oil

  extra virgin
• 1 small white onion

  diced
• 2 cloves garlic

  minced
• 2 tbsp tomato paste
• 1/2 tbsp paprika

  smoked is best
• 1/2 tsp cumin
• 1 bay leaf
• 2 15 oz cans fire-roasted diced tomatoes

  or make your own smoked tomatoes
• 1 cup  vegetable broth

  or chicken stock
• 1/2 tsp brown sugar
• cracked pepper

  to taste
• 1/2 tsp liquid smoke
• Cayenne pepper to taste

Instructions

• 1 Heat up some olive oil in a large saucepan over medium-high heat.
• 2 Dice the onion and mince the garlic. Add them to a soup pot with the olive oil
  and sauté over medium heat until the onions are soft, fragrant and translucent.
• 3 Add tomato paste, smoked paprika, and cumin to the pot and combine. Continue to
  stir and cook for about two minutes to slightly caramelize the tomato paste and
  toast the spices.
• 4 Add the roasted tomatoes, broth, brown sugar, liquid smoke (optional), bay leaf
  and some freshly cracked pepper. Stir to combine and bring to a boil.
• 5 Once boiling, reduce the heat and let it simmer for about 15 minutes until the
  tomatoes are soft.
• 6 Remove the bay leaf and then using an immersion blender or food processor, puree
  the soup until it is smooth.
• 7 Taste your smoked tomato soup once more before serving to adjust the seasoning
  if needed.

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