Pantry Bandit

I want soup, I think.  Luke, want some soup?  Let me see if I have the ingredients... and I do.  This rarely happens, because I lack foresight when it comes to stocking the pantry, leading to the second reason, our pantry is very small.

This soup is delicious.  It uses one of LH's favorite ingredients, chili paste, and is proof that adding heavy cream makes everything better.  Looking forward to cooking my way through the rest of this book (and convincing you to check it out!  Everything I've made has been a make-again.)  Flipping through it now to find ways to use up the CSA greens (cabbage, spinach, Swiss chard) over the next few days.

Creamy Heirloom Tomato Soup
1/4 cup olive oil
3 garlic cloves, crushed
2- 12 oz cans good quality tomatoes
1 cup heavy cream
1 teaspoon sambal chili paste
1 teaspoon sugar
fresh basil
salt

Heat olive oil in a large, heavy-bottom saucepan over high heat.  Add the garlic and stir for a minute but don't let it brown.  Add the tomatoes, cream, chili paste, sugar and basil and bring to a boil.  Transfer to a blender and puree.  Season with salt and a pinch more sugar.

That's it!  I used my new favorite kitchen gadget, the immersion blender, because the transferring process seems messy.

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