Recipe: Tomato and Blue Cheese Soup

Tomato & Blue Cheese Soup
Servings: 10
Source Bon Appetit

1 tb unsalted butter
1 onion coarsely chopped
2 garlic cloves minced
1 tb all purpose flour
3 lbs ripe tomatoes, peeled seeded & chopped
4 cups unsalted chicken stock
1 lb blue cheese crumbled
2 tb tomato puree
8 basil leaves chopped
Salt & pepper to taste

Melt butter in large saucepan at Med. Low heat. Add onion & garlic & cook until onion is translucent, stirring ocassionally. Add flour & stir 2 minutes. Add tomatoes, stock, cheese, puree, basil, salt & pepper and bring to boil. Reduce heat & simmer until slightly thickened, stirring occassionally (2 hours). Strain soup through fine sieve into saucepan, then rewarm gently. Ladle into heated bowls. Serve immediately.