Dutch Cream of Tomato Soup

Eindhoven has a lovely large library in the center of the city. Unfortunately, most books are in Dutch with the exception of a small English section. As I was browsing through the cookery section last week, which is also mostly in Dutch, I came across one English cook book.It's probably the only one in the section! And it's a Dutch cook book!
 'Dutch cooking today' is a collection of 60 modern and traditional recipes of popular Dutch foods.

I started out by trying their 'Cream of Tomato Soup' and since it turned out really well and I thought I should share it with you.

Here's the recipe:

Ingredients:


Ripe tomatoes - 1 kg
Chicken/Vegetable stock( made from bouillon cubes) - 1/2 litre
Finely chopped onions - 2
Finely chopped cloves of garlic - 2
Finely chopped thyme - 2 tbsps
Fresh Cream - 125 ml
Salt - to taste
Freshly ground pepper - to taste
Finely chopped mixed fresh herbs - 1 tbsp

Method: 


Wash the tomatoes and chop them into large pieces. In a large saucepan bring the stock, tomatoes, onion, garlic and thyme to a boil. Allow it to simmer for 20 minutes or until all the vegetables are cooked and soft.
Let the mixture cool. Puree the soup in a blender and stir in the fresh cream. Season with salt, pepper and with the fresh herbs. You can use whatever fresh herbs you have available. I used coriander, thyme and basil.