Tomato Florentine Soup

 This recipe serves

Ingredients

• 3 tbsp olive oil Oil, olive, salad or cooking
• ½ cup onion--diced Onions, raw
• 3 cloves garlic minced Garlic, raw
• 1/3 cup white wine Alcoholic beverage, wine, table, white
• 1 bay leaves Spices, bay leaf, crumbled
• 2 tsp celery salt Spices, celery salt
• 2 tsp dried basil Spices, basil, ground
• 2 tsp Italian seasoning Spices, Italian seasoning
• 1 tsp salt Salt, table
• tsp pepper
• 2 tbsp sugar Sugars, granulated
• ¼ tsp nutmeg Spices, nutmeg, ground
• 1 tbsp chicken base
• 3 tbsp flour Wheat flour, white, all-purpose, enriched, unbleached
• 3 cups V8 juice
• 2 28oz cans chopped tomatoes with juice
• 6 cups milk Milk, reduced fat, fluid, 2% milkfat, with added vitamin A
• 1 cup heavy cream Cream, fluid, heavy whipping
• 1 10oz package fresh spinach
• 2 tbsp fresh spinach Spinach, raw
• 2 Tbsp fresh basil- chopped Spices, basil, ground

Method

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