
Oven roasted tomatoes, onion and garlic create a robust, flavorful soup.
Heat oven to 400F degrees.
Combine washed tomatoes (make sure they're dry), cut onion and peeled garlic cloves in a baking dish.
Add salt, pepper and olive oil.
Mix everything so it's well coated and evenly spread out in your dish.
Roast veggies for about 45 minutes, until edges of veggies are nice and brown.
Remove from oven and transfer to a 2 quart saucepan or dutch oven.
Add chicken stock.
Add crushed red pepper flakes if desired.
Add tomato paste if desired.
Puree everything until smooth with a hand blender. If you don't have one, you can put it all in a blender and then transfer to your saucepan.
Simmer on low for about 10 minutes.
Add salt and pepper to taste if desired.
Serve hot, top with desired garnish such as fresh basil, parsley or freshly grated parmesan cheese. Add fresh cracked pepper if desired.