Brenda's Curried Tomato Bisque

Total Time: 25 mins Preparation Time: 5 mins Cook Time: 20 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 6
• 28 ounces crushed tomatoes
• 8 ounces tomato paste
• 3 cups low-fat milk
• 1/4 teaspoon coarse black pepper
• 1/4 teaspoon pepper
• 1 dash cayenne pepper
• 1 teaspoon garlic powder
• 1 teaspoon salt
• scant 1/4 tsp. baking soda
• 1 teaspoon curry powder
• roux made with 2 tbsp. butter & 2 tbsp. flour

Recipe

• 1 pour tomatoes into a 1 quart pan and milk into a 2 quart pan. put a very low flame under milk to warm it slowly. put a medium flame under tomatoes then add pepper, salt, garlic powder, baking soda and curry. bring to a slow simmer and cook 10 minutes.
• 2 meanwhile, make roux by mixing flour, butter and creaming them together. add roux a little at a time to tomato mixture, stirring constantly until you cannot stir it down from the boil. turn off flame. slowly stir tomato mixture into warmed milk, mixing thoroughly.