Eye- Popping Soup Recipe-

Eye- Popping Soup Recipe-

Ingredients- 

• 2 tablespoon(s) unsalted butter
• 1 onion, finely chopped
• 3 garlic cloves, minced
• 1/2 cup(s) dry white wine
• 2 can(s) (28 ounces each) crushed tomatoes
• 1 quart(s) homemade or low-sodium store-bought chicken stock
• 3 sprig(s) oregano or marjoram
• 1/2 cup(s) half-and-half
• Coarse salt and freshly ground pepper
• 6 pitted black Kalamata olives
• 2 sprig(s) fresh rosemary
• 4 fresh chives,  cut into 1-inch pieces
• 1 pound(s) (about 30) bocconcini (bite-size mozzarella balls)
• 1 jar(s) small pimiento-stuffed olives

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Directions

1. Melt butter in a large saucepan over medium-low heat. Add onion and garlic; cook until onion is translucent, about 6 minutes.
2. Add wine and cook until most liquid has evaporated, about 1 minute. Add tomatoes, stock, and oregano, and bring to a boil. Reduce heat and simmer gently until thickened, about 45 minutes.
3. Using a slotted spoon, remove herbs. Puree soup in small batches until smooth. Return to pan and slowly pour in half-and-half, stirring constantly. Season with salt and pepper.
4. Meanwhile, make the bugs: Use a toothpick to pierce each Kalamata olive 4 times (all the way through to other side). Insert a rosemary leaf into each hole to make eight legs. Insert two pieces of chive into the small hole at the end of the olive to make antennae.
5. Make the eyeballs: Using a small melon baller, scoop out a hole from each bocconcini. Halve each pimiento-stuffed olive crosswise. Place a half, cut side out, in the hole in each bocconcini to make eyeballs.
6. Ladle hot soup into shallow bowls. Float 4 or 5 eyeballs in soup and place a bug on  http://inspiredtolaugh.net/eye-popping-soup-recipe/