Kentucky Tomato Soup

A unique twist on a tomato soup but! Very good. I know the submitter talks about the quality of tomatoes making or breaking the recipe but, I think the kind of coffee will. Brand or how dark roast will change the flavor profile significantly so, if your a coffee fan, select your personal favorite. We are not so I used a dark roast freshly brewed from a local Kwik Trip. I made no changes except, after trying the first bowl, opted to add an additional 1/2c of heavy cream to the remainder of the soup. This is a personal preference and not a reflection of the recipe or it’s intended audience. The coffee added almost a smoky flavor to the soup - which was uniquely delicious! And we aren’t coffee drinkers! But, still really enjoyed. It is a thick and hearty take on tomato soup. Served with grilled cheese sandwiches. Tasty, different and a great way to use up those summer garden tomatoes (for me; garden Romas). Thank you LAGIRL!

I was torn on how to review this. It's a good soup, but I was expecting more flavor. You can't taste the coffee at all, so don't be scared to use it. In fact, I was hoping to get some sort of background notes from the coffee to add some depth of flavor. I think adding in the extra water diluted it, so I would just do a full cup of coffee next time, no water. Basil would have been a nice touch too. I also thought it tasted better with a little more cream, about 1/2 cup total instead of 1/3 cup. I did like how easy it was to make! This makes very small portions; I'd say this is more like 4 servings.

It was very good! warm and creamy. delicious.

01-14-16 ~ A different twist on tomato soup. I doubled this and made it for a birthday carry-in at work and it was a big hit. I had fresh garden tomatoes, that I froze and used those in this recipe. I didn't measure the onions, carrots and celery, but know I had more than enough of the fresh veggies added. The coffee was the ingredient that I was most worried about, as I am not a coffee drinker and neither are most of my co-workers. It worked great in this recipe and you couldn't detect the flavor. All the ingredients work really well together in this soup. I used my immersion blender stick rather then dirty the big blender to puree the soup. Plus I wanted a few small chunks left in the soup. A nice recipe that I would make again.

If I could give 6 stars I would! Made this recipe almost exact, didn't have tomato sauce so I used a small can of tomato paste, and due to a whole 30 diet my husband and I are on (we can't have added sugars or dairy) I left out the sugar and cream. But our homegrown tomatoes are sooooo sweet so it was still a sweet soup! My husband was hungry and impatient so I didn't blend the soup, we ate it like a chunky veggie soup...it was amazing. Make this recipe, you won't be disappointed! p.s. don't be afraid of the coffee ingredient!!!! it is the definitely the 'secret ingredient' of this soup!!!!!

This is a keeper! There were no left overs!