recipe help - smoked tomato soup

Hi

Over the weekend I smoked a bunch of quick things (duck breasts, salmon, tomatoes, whole heads of garlic) and I need some help with doing something with the tomatoes. Here's what I did so far -

Halved the tomatoes, scooped out (and reserved) the pulp and seeds, smoked the tomatoes cut side down over lump charcoal with applewood for smoke. When I took them off, I slipped off and discarded the skins. They smell great, much less like rubber than the Muir Glen Fire Roasted tomatoes in a can do.

Using the reserved pulpy seeds, some water, and carrot and onion and garlic and celery trimmings, made some veggie stock.

I sauteed an onion, then added the tomatoes (chopped), the veggie stock, and most of a head of smoked (roasted, really) garlic. Simmered this a bit, and now it's in the fridge. I expect to puree it before serving.

Now what? It needs something, I am not sure if that something is Basil. I really like Corner Bakery's roasted tomato soup, though this will definitely turn out smokier.

Thanks,

Lee, I do a variation of Pasta Fagioli in the winter where I roast tomatoes, onions, carrots, turnips and garlic with a little extra virgin, salt pepper and dried oregano. It let the vegetables soften and get a little blackened skin on them. I puree the veggies and used them to thicken a chicken stock based soup with rehydrated red beans, italian white beans, and Garbanzos. More onion and a nice bouquet garni of fresh oregano, sage and parsley go into the soup

Then on a serving by serving basis, I cook some penne in it, maybe some cubed chicken breast and a big spoonful of freshly grated Parmagiano Reggiano.

The roasted skins from the pureed veggies impart a light smokiness to the thickened broth. The nutiness of the beans is complimented well by the slightly smoky flavor.

Your stock sounds like a great start to a variation of that recipe.

Looking for a solid Tomato Soup recipe myself. I have all of the fixings for my grilled cheese paninis that I will be making with it, watcha got LTH?