Summer Tomato Soup

• 2 medium onions, peeled and thinly sliced
• 3 12-4 cups tomato juice
• 2 large garlic cloves, halved
• 5 large tomatoes, peeled, cored, seeded and chopped (2 1/2 lbs. total)
• 2 tablespoons mild honey
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 12 teaspoon ground allspice
• fresh ground pepper, to taste
• 12 cup sour cream or 12 cup plain yogurt, optional garnish

1. Place onion slices in 3-quart saucepan and add 3 1/2 cups tomato juice and garlic.
2. Cover and cook over medium heat until onion is completely soft, about 35 to 40 minutes.
3. Stir in the chopped tomatoes,honey,salt, allspice and pepper.
4. Cover and continue cooking for 15 minutes.
5. Strain vegetables, reserving liquid.
6. Transfer vegetables to food processor with 1/2 cup liquid, then return remaining liquid to saucepan.
7. Puree vegetables 1 minute, stopping machine as necessary to scrape down sides of work bowl.
8. Add puree to saucepan and stir, adding more tomato juice if soup is too thick;taste and adjust seasonings.
9. Serve hot or chilled, garnish each serving with sour cream or yogurt, if desired.
10. Snipped chives also make a nice garnish for this.

onions, tomato juice, garlic, tomatoes, honey, salt, ground allspice, fresh ground pepper, sour cream

Taken from www.food.com/recipe/summer-tomato-soup-371273 (may not work)