Tomato-joe Soup

Total Time: 1 hr 5 mins Preparation Time: 45 mins Cook Time: 20 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 6
• 2 tablespoons butter
• 1 cup chopped onion
• 1 cup chopped celery
• 1 cup chopped carrot
• 2 (14 1/2 ounce) cans diced tomatoes, drained (or 6 medium tomatoes, peeled and quartered)
• 2 cups strong brewed coffee
• 1 (6 ounce) can tomato paste
• 2 teaspoons sugar
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• hot pepper sauce
• 3/4 cup whipping cream

Recipe

• 1 in a saucepan, melt butter over medium heat.
• 2 add onion, celery, and carrot.
• 3 cook about 5 minutes or until nearly tender, stirring occasionally.
• 4 add tomatoes, coffee, 1/2 cup water, tomato paste, sugar, salt, and hot pepper sauce to taste.
• 5 bring to boiling; reduce heat.
• 6 cover; simmer for 20-25 minutes or until vegetables are tender; cool slightly.
• 7 place half of tomato mixture in a blender or food processor.
• 8 cover and blend or process until smooth.
• 9 transfer to a bowl; repeat with remaining tomato mixture.
• 10 return all of the tomato mixture to saucepan.
• 11 stir in 1/4 cup of the whipping cream; heat through.
• 12 in a medium bowl, beat the remaining 1/2 cup whipping cream with an electric mixer on low speed just until soft peaks form (tips curl).
• 13 top each serving with whipped cream.