Creamy Tomato Soup With Pesto

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This is from 30 minute meals and is so good! Comfort food along with a grilled cheese sandwich or a patty melt. Enjoy!!

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Steps

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Heat the milk over moderate heat in a medium pot.

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Put tomatoes , tomato paste , onions , salt and pepper , sugar , flour , butter , and celery into a food processor and grind until smooth.

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Pour mixture into milk and raise heat to bring soup to a boil.

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Reduce heat and then simmer 15 minutes.

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While soup cooks , make pesto , if not using storebought.

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Fill the food processor with watercress , loosely packed.

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Add hazelnuts , 1 / 2 of the oil and garlic cloves to the watercress in the processor.

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Add nutmeg , salt and pepper to the processor bowl , set lid in place and pulse grind the mixture into a thick paste.

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Add any remaining watercress to the processor and grind into the paste by pulsing the processor again.

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Transfer watercress paste to a bowl.

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Stir in the remaining oil and the cheese.

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Taste pesto sauce and adjust seasonings.

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Pour soup into shallow bowls and add a couple of rounded spoonfuls of pesto to each dish and stir it into the soup.

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Ingredients

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whole milk, diced tomatoes, tomato paste, onion, salt and pepper, sugar, all-purpose flour, butter, celery, garlic, watercress, hazelnuts, extra virgin olive oil, nutmeg, parmesan cheese