CREAMY TOMATO SOUP WITH OREGANO AND ROASTED GARLIC

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.