Tomato-Cheddar Soup

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Linda Carucci sprinkles Recipe Secrets passim her book. For her tomato-cheddar soup, she notes that the baking soda volition neutralize the acerb successful the tomatoes and forestall the beverage from curdling. To incorporated the cheese, region the crockery from the vigor earlier adding it, and disturbance successful a small astatine a time.

Serve this light, frothy crockery either blistery oregon cold.

Adapted from "Cooking School Secrets for Real World Cooks," by Linda Carucci (Chronicle Books, 2005).

Ingredients

measuring cup

Servings: 4-6

4 tablespoons (1/2 stick) unsalted butter
1 yellowish onion, finely chopped
2 pounds Roma tomatoes, cored and chopped into 1-inch chunks (may substitute 1 28-ounce tin of diced tomatoes)
2 cups low-sodium chickenhearted stock
2 sprigs caller thyme
1/2 spoon good salt, oregon much to taste
1/4 spoon baking soda
5 drops blistery sauce, specified arsenic Tabasco, oregon much to taste
1 cupful low-fat milk
2 cups (8 ounces) coarsely grated cheddar cheese
1/3 cupful crème fraîche oregon sour cream, for garnish
3 tablespoons minced caller chives, for garnish (optional)

Nutritional Facts

Per serving (based connected 6)

Calories
314
Fat
24 g
Saturated Fat
15 g
Carbohydrates
12 g
Sodium
861 mg
Cholesterol
69 mg
Protein
14 g
Fiber
2 g

This investigation is an estimation based connected disposable ingredients and this preparation. It should not substitute for a dietitian’s oregon nutritionist’s advice.

Adapted from "Cooking School Secrets for Real World Cooks," by Linda Carucci (Chronicle Books, 2005).

Tested by Bonnie S. Benwick.

Published March 11, 2026