Tomato Soup
Ingredients:
- 3 tablespoons olive oil
- 1/2 fennel bulb, chopped, about 2 1/2 cups
- 1/2 large onion, chopped, about 1 cup
- 4 cloves garlic, smashed
- 1 1/4 teaspoons kosher salt
- 1 teaspoon fennel seed
- 1/8 to 1/4 teaspoon crushed red pepper flakes, optional
- 1 (28-ounce) can plum tomatoes, preferably San Marzano
- 2 cups homemade vegetable broth or low-sodium canned
- 2 cups tomato juice
- 6 basil leaves, torn
- Fresh ground black pepper, to taste
- Muenster Sammies, recipe follows
Heat olive oil in a medium sauce pot over medium-high heat. Add fennel, onion, garlic, salt, fennel seed and crushed pepper, if using, and cook until vegetables soften and brown slightly, about 5 minutes. Drain and reserve juice from the tomatoes, then crush tomatoes gently with your hands. Add the tomatoes, increase heat to high, and cook until they begin to brown slightly, about 5 minutes.
Add the reserved tomato juice, vegetable broth, tomato juice, and basil leaves. Bring to a boil, stir, reduce heat to medium low, cover and cook until vegetables are cooked through and soup reduces and thickens, about 30 minutes.
Remove pot from stove and puree the soup in batches, with an immersion, regular blender, or food processor. Stir in lemon juice and season with pepper to taste. Serve.
Muenster Sammies with Apple Butter
Note: I don't like these very much on their own. They're so good with the tomato soup though.
Ingredients:
- 16 (3 1/2-inch square) slices dark rye
- 1/2 cup apple butter
- 8 slices muenster cheese, about 3 ounces
- 8 slices yellow cheddar cheese, about 3 ounces
Toast bread in toaster or toaster oven until slightly crisp, about 5 minutes (or less if using a toaster.) Spread one side of each slice of bread with apple jelly. Layer the cheese over the apple jelly, top with remaining slice of bread. Cut out as desired. Garnish as desired.
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