Tomato spinach soup

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Foster's Market's Tomato Spinach Soup

 

Recipe By :Foster's Market on Chapel Hill Boulevard in Durham

Serving Size : 8 Preparation Time :0:00

Categories : Soups

 

Amount Measure Ingredient -- Preparation Method

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3 tablespoons butter

2 tablespoons olive oil

2 large yellow onions -- diced

4 celery ribs -- diced

8 garlic cloves -- minced

2 28-oz cans chopped tomatoes

6 cups vegetable broth

4 bay leaves

1 tablespoon marjoram

1 tablespoon kosher salt

2 teaspoons black pepper

8 cups firmly packed spinach leaves -- washed and stemmed

10 fresh basil leaves -- very thinly sliced

 

Heat butter and olive oil in a large saucepan over medium-low heat. Add onion

and cook, stirring, about 15 minutes. Add celery and cook, stirring

occasionally, 5 minutes. Add garlic and cook, continuing to stir, about 5

minutes.

 

Add tomatoes, broth, bay leaves, marjoram, salt and pepper and bring to a low

boil. Reduce heat to a simmer and cook, uncovered, for about 1 hour.

 

Remove from heat and add 4 cups spinach leaves, stirring until spinach is

wilted. Place soup, in several batches, in bowl of a food processor fitted with

a metal blade, and puree until smooth. Roughly chop 4 cups of spinach and add to

pureed mixture. Stir until combined and spinach is wilted. Stir in basil leaves

and serve. The soup can be refrigerated for up to 4 days.

 

 

 

Cuisine:

" Vegetarian "

Source:

" http://newsobserver.com/standing/collections/house/1100000042108.html "

Yield:

" 8 cups "

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Per Serving (excluding unknown items): 255 Calories; 11g Fat (38.1% calories

from fat); 8g Protein; 34g Carbohydrate; 6g Dietary Fiber; 13mg Cholesterol;

2028mg Sodium. Exchanges: 1 1/2 Grain(Starch); 2 1/2 Vegetable; 2 1/2 Fat.

 

NOTES : Owner of Foster's market, Sara Foster, provides this recipe for

soul-warming soup, just in time for the winter months. Foster notes that the

Tomato Spinach Soup becomes even more special when topped with crostini and

freshly grated Parmesan.

 

Nutr. Assoc. : 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5085 0

 

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