Hearty Tomato Soup
From The Prairie Pantry
Scant* 1/4 C melted butter
1 small-medium onion, finely minced
1 can tomato soup
1 can water
3 1/2 cups fresh pureed tomatoes (or 2 cans)
3 TS chicken stock
2 TS sugar or less splenda
pinch salt
pinch pepper
1/4 cup cooking sherry
1 1/2 cups cream
2 TS parsley
1/2 TS basil
1/2 ts paprika
1/8 ts cayenne
Melt butter, sautee onions till very soft, add tomatoes, soup, water, sugar, salt and pepper. Stir and bring to boil. Remove from heat, add sherry and cream and additional herbs and spices. Stir and serve.
*Scant means lacking a small part of the whole; not quite up to full measure. In other words, 1 scant teaspoon means not quite a whole teaspoon but a little less.