*  Exported from  MasterCook  *

                  WINTER TOMATO BISQUE - COUNTRY LIVING

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Serving Size  : 8    Preparation Time :0:00
Categories    : Holidays                         Soups

  Amount  Measure       Ingredient -- Preparation Method
--------  ------------  --------------------------------
   2       tb           Butter or margarine
     1/3   c            Unsifted all-purpose flour
                        -leaves
     1/4   ts           Ground black pepper
                        -chicken broth
     1/3   c            Dried tomato bits or 8
                        -chopped (see Note)
   1       cn           (11 1/8-oz) condensed
                        -1 10 3/4-oz can condensed
   2 1/2   c            Milk
                        Chopped fresh tarragon or
                        -(opt.)
   1       lg           Onion, chopped
   2       ts           Dried tarragon or savory
     1/4   ts           Salt
   1       cn           (10 1/2-oz) condensed
   1       c            Water
                        -dried plum tomato halves,
   1       lb           Ripe tomatoes (see Note)
                        -Italian tomato soup or
                        -tomato soup
     1/2   c            Half-and-half
                        -savory leaves and sprigs

  1. In 4-quart saucepan, melt butter over medium heat.     
  Add onion and saute until tender. Stir flour,             
  tarragon, salt, and pepper into onion until well          
  mixed. Gradually stir in undiluted broth and water        
  until well combined. Add tomato bits and heat mixture     
  to boiling, stirring constantly. Cover and reduce heat    
  to low. Simmer soup 10 minutes, stirring occasionally.    
                                                            
  2. Meanwhile, peel, seed, and dice tomatoes. Stir         
  undiluted tomato soup, milk, and half-and-half into       
  soup until well mixed. Increase heat to medium-high       
  and heat soup until bubbles appear around side of pan.    
  Do not boil. Stir in diced tomatoes and heat through.     
  Ladle soup into bowls. If desired, sprinkle soup with     
  chopped herbs and place bowls onto plates garnished       
  with sprigs of herbs.                                     
                                                            
  Note: Dried tomato bits or halves are available in the    
  produce section of most major supermarkets. For           
  several free dried-tomato recipe booklets, write          
  Timber Crest Farms, Dried Tomato Ideas, 4791 Dry Creek    
  Road, Healdsburg, Calif. 95448. Include a                 
  self-addressed, stamped large envelope (SASE). For        
  recipes using fresh tomatoes in salads, stews, and        
  casseroles, send a SASE to Favorite Tomato Recipes,       
  Florida Tomato Committee, Box 140533, Suite CL,           
  Orlando, Fla. 32814-0533.                                 
                                                            
  Country Living/December/92 Scanned & fixed by Di Pahl     
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