Melody's Bacon, Carrot and Tomato Soup

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Course : Soups
From: HungryMonster.com
Serves: 6
 

Ingredients:

1 ounce butter
4 ounces chopped onion
4 ounces sliced leeks
10 ounces sliced carrots
2 slices rashers smoked back bacon -- chopped
1 ounce flour
1 1/4 pounds tomatoes -- skinned and quartered (or tinned tomatoes)
1 Cup long grain rice
1 pint chicken stock
1/4 pint milk
1 teaspoon tomato puree
1 teaspoon sugar
1 piece bay leaf
1 teaspoon salt and freshly ground pepper
1/4 pint cream
 

Preparation:

Melt the Butter in a saucepan, add Onion, Leeks, Carrots and Bacon and cook gently for 5 minutes. Add the Flour and stir over low heat for 2 minutes, then blend in the Tomatoes, Rice, Stock, Milk, Tomato Puree, Sugar and Bay Leaf. Stir well, add Salt and Pepper to taste. Simmer for about 30 minutes, until vegetables are soft, then remove the bay leaf, puree the soup and add the cream. Reheat gently without allowing it to boil. Serve with crusty Brown Bread.

 

Nutritional Information:

165 Calories (kcal); 10g Total Fat; (53% calories from fat); 3g Protein; 16g Carbohydrate; 31mg Cholesterol; 799mg Sodium