Creamy Tomato Soup With Pesto Recipe

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Creamy Tomato Soup With Pesto
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Directions:

  1. Heat the milk over moderate heat in a medium pot.
  2. Put tomatoes, tomato paste, onions, salt and pepper, sugar, flour, butter, and celery into a food processor and grind until smooth.
  3. Pour mixture into milk and raise heat to bring soup to a boil.
  4. Reduce heat and then simmer 15 minutes.
  5. While soup cooks, make pesto, if not using storebought.
  6. Fill the food processor with watercress, loosely packed.
  7. Add hazelnuts, 1/2 of the oil and garlic cloves to the watercress in the processor.
  8. Add nutmeg, salt and pepper to the processor bowl, set lid in place and pulse grind the mixture into a thick paste.
  9. Add any remaining watercress to the processor and grind into the paste by pulsing the processor again.
  10. Transfer watercress paste to a bowl.
  11. Stir in the remaining oil and the cheese.
  12. Taste pesto sauce and adjust seasonings.
  13. Pour soup into shallow bowls and add a couple of rounded spoonfuls of pesto to each dish and stir it into the soup.
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Nutrition Facts

Per ServingPer 100 g
Amount Per 1 Serving
Calories 609.19 Kcal (2551 kJ)
Calories from fat 430.9 Kcal
% Daily Value*
Total Fat 47.88g 74%
Cholesterol 31.17mg 10%
Sodium 350.65mg 15%
Potassium 1012.39mg 22%
Total Carbs 28.99g 10%
Sugars 16.65g 67%
Dietary Fiber 4.01g 16%
Protein 17.97g 36%
Vitamin C 45.5mg 76%
Vitamin A 0.1mg 2%
Iron 1.2mg 7%
Calcium 582.3mg 58%
Amount Per 100 g
Calories 127.46 Kcal (534 kJ)
Calories from fat 90.16 Kcal
% Daily Value*
Total Fat 10.02g 74%
Cholesterol 6.52mg 10%
Sodium 73.37mg 15%
Potassium 211.82mg 22%
Total Carbs 6.07g 10%
Sugars 3.48g 67%
Dietary Fiber 0.84g 16%
Protein 3.76g 36%
Vitamin C 9.5mg 76%
Iron 0.3mg 7%
Calcium 121.8mg 58%

* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet. Your daily values may be higher or lower depending on your calorie needs.
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Tastes

  • salty
  • savory
  • bitter
  • sweet
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Recipe Tags

Weightwatchers Points

  • 15.4
    Points
  • 17
    PointsPlus

Good Points

  • saturated fat free,
  • low sodium,
  • low cholesterol

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