Sidekick Tomato Soup

Now I LOVE Cowgirl Creamery cheese, and know what a high standard of food quality they have. This soup did not reach that standard in my opinion. I followed the recipe exactly. We found the soup to be thin, more like warm tomato broth with a heavy underlay of carrot. Unappealing. (Perhaps it did not cook enough, or the heat was too low for the liquid to evaporate.) We finally added a generous amount of salt and parmigiana to get some flavor. Since there is so much left over, I plan to cook some leftover cheese raviolis in it to thicken it. I hope that saves it. So sad.

This soup was very good. It did take some time to make so if you need it for lunch, start early (simmers two hours)! I do have one note of importance; DO NOT put the hot soup directly from the stove into your blender to blend. The heat of the soup causes it to increase in volume five-fold! (I knew about this but did it anyway!!) The top nearly blew off the top of the blender and hot soup splattered all over my kitchen walls and counters (I only filled the blender one third up). LET IT COOL OFF AT LEAST UNTIL IT'S JUST WARM BEFORE BLENDING IN BLENDER. Sunset should note this in the recipe!

Very easy, very good. Made as written but did not add creme fraiche as finishing topper. This recipe made it to the "keeper" file.

Another really easy but outstanding recipe. Will make ofter.

I had a friend over for lunch today and made this,served with some crusty rolls. It was easy to make, had depth to the flavor, looked great, and was very tasty.