Creole Tomato Basil Soup

Ingredients

• 4 lb Creole tomatoes
• ½ c (1 stick) butter
• 3 c chopped onions
• 2 c chopped celery
• 1 T chopped garlic
• ½ c tomato paste
• 1 c dry vermouth
• + 6 more ingredients
• • 8 c chicken stock or canned chicken broth
  • 1 c heavy cream
  • 1 T Creole seasoning
  • 1 T sugar
  • 1 c thinly sliced fresh basil
  • Kosher salt and cracked black pepper to taste

Preheat the oven to 400 degrees. Core the tomatoes and cut into halves. Score the skin with a sharp knife and place cut side down on a baking sheet. Roast for 15 minutes or until the skins blister. Cool and remove the skins. Squeeze the tomatoes over a strainer into a bowl to remove the see...

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