Marilyn Martin's Recipe

BLT Soup

Category: Recipes

BLT Soup

1 lb bacon
6-8 tomatoes
1/4 cup white wine
1/2 head lettuce
2 qts heavy cream
2 cups stock
6 tbls flour
white pepper to taste
garlic powder to taste

Cut entire slab of bacon crosswise into 1/4 inch lardings. Dice tomatoes into 1/4 inch cubes. Chop lettuce.

Saute bacon until cooked but not crisped. Add tomatoes until cooked through. Deglaze pot with white wine and add pepper and garlic. Add flour and cook for a few minutes longer.

Add cream slowly and enough stock to thin soup to desired consistency. Bring just to boiling point and add lettuce. Turn off heat and let sit for a few minutes until lettuce wilts into soup.