Tomato Soup.

A dish where canned tomatoes and sugar do the work.

Soups.

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Ingredients

Units: US Metric
  • 470 ml canned tomatoes
  • 240 ml stock or water
  • 1 teaspoonful of salt
  • 1/5 teaspoonful of pepper
  • 1 teaspoonful of sugar
  • 1 tablespoonful of minced carrot
  • 2 tablespoonfuls of minced onion
  • 2 tablespoonfuls of butter
  • 1 tablespoonful of flour
  • 1 heaped teaspoonful of corn-starch
  • 2 whole cloves
Make it lactose-friendly
  • 2 tablespoonfuls of butter → plant butter, ghee (mostly lactose-free), or olive oil

Swaps are suggestions, not medical advice. Check labels if lactose is a serious issue for you.

Steps

  1. Put the canned tomatoes and the stock or water in a saucepan and set on the fire.
  2. Cook the minced carrot and minced onion slowly in the butter for twenty minutes.
  3. Press the butter out of the vegetables and put the vegetables into the soup.
  4. Put the flour into the butter remaining in the pan and stir until smooth and frothy, then add it to the soup.
  5. Mix the corn-starch with four tablespoonfuls of cold water and stir into the soup.
  6. Add the salt, pepper, sugar, and cloves, and simmer for one hour.
  7. Strain the soup.
  8. Serve with toasted or crisped bread.

Steps last refined 2026-11-12 — we sharpen our recipes every week, so check back.

Nutrition (estimated, per serving)
Calories472
Protein11.1 g
Fat3.8 g
Carbs98.7 g
Fiber8.4 g
Sodium609 mg

Source

Miss Parloa's Young Housekeeper Designed Especially to Aid Beginners; Economical Receipts for Those Who Are Cooking for Two or Three (Parloa, Maria, 1843-1909, pub. domain) — Public domain in the United States