Baked Tomato Mushroom Soup

Total Time: 1 hr 10 mins Preparation Time: 25 mins Cook Time: 45 mins

Ingredients

• 1/4 lb unsalted butter
• 5 lbs onions, chopped
• 1/4 cup minced garlic
• 1 lb mushroom, sliced
• 32 fluid ounces low sodium beef broth
• 32 fluid ounces water
• 5 lbs tomatoes, chopped
• 1/4 cup thyme leaves, chopped
• salt
• pepper, to taste

Recipe

• 1 preheat a heavy soup pot over medium heat.
• 2 sauté onions and garlic until onions are just beginning to brown.
• 3 add mushrooms and continue cooking until the mushrooms are soft.
• 4 add beef stock and water and bring to a boil, then reduce heat to simmer.
• 5 add chopped tomatoes, thyme, salt and pepper, and simmer to allow flavours to develop.
• 6 ladle into oven-proof soup bowls, top with bread croutons and cheese.
• 7 bake until the cheese is melted.
• 8 serve at once.
• 9 ***recipecan easily be halved, and leftovers freeze extremely well.