Garden Fresh Tomato Soup

I have tomatoes from my garden, I got some from my mother yesterday and from my neighbour this morning.  We love fresh tomatoes and eat them every day, but now I was overloaded.  I could have stewed and frozen them for the winter or made salsa, but I wanted to try something new.

It was cool and cloudy this morning and I decided to make soup.  I love tomato soup but have never made it.  This recipe is fast, easy and delicious.  I think the cloves are the secret ingredient.  My only complaint was that there was nothing left over!  Next time I will double the recipe.

This recipe is from allrecipes.com

Ingredients

4 cups chopped fresh tomatoes

1/2 sliced onion

4 whole cloves

2 cups chicken broth

2 tablespoons butter

2 tablespoons all-purpose flour

1 teaspoon salt

1 teaspoon white sugar

Directions

In a pot, over medium heat, combine the tomatoes, onion, cloves and chicken broth.

Bring to a boil, and gently boil for about 20 minutes to blend all of the flavours.

Remove from heat and blend with a hand blender.  Pour through a sieve into a large bowl.  Discard the remnants left in the sieve.

In the same pot, melt the butter over medium heat.  Stir in the flour to make a roux, cooking until the roux is a medium brown.  Gradually whisk in a bit of the tomato mixture, so that no lumps form, then stir in the rest.  Season with sugar and salt.