Tomato Soup with Yogurt

Senior Times

A delicious recipe for tomato soup with yogurt.

Ingredients

  • 50g/2oz butter
  • 1 medium sized, chopped onion
  • 1 chopped carrot
  • 25g/1 oz flour
  • 500ml/1 pint chicken stock
  • 675g/1 ½lb skinned and chopped tomatoes
  • 1 bay leaf
  • ½ teaspoon dried basil
  • ½ teaspoon of sugar
  • Salt and black pepper
  • 5 oz carton of natural yogurt

Method

Tomato Soup

Melt the butter in a saucepan. Cook the onion and carrot over a low heat for 5 minutes. Stir in the flour and cook over low heat for a 1 minute, Remove from heat and stir in stock, tomatoes, herbs, sugar and seasoning. Bring to the boil, cover and simmer over a gentle heat for 20 minutes.

Remove bay leaf, liquidise and return to saucepan. Stir in yogurt, seasoning and reheat soup without boiling. Serve hot. (Note: to skin tomatoes, cut a narrow slit in the skin at the top. Plunge into boiling water for 1 minute. The skin should come off easily. Tinned tomatoes, drained, may be used instead, if preferred).

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