Garden Fresh Tomato Soup

We had this for dinner tonight with grilled cheese sandwiches. I got it from allrecipies.com

Ingredients
4 cups chopped fresh tomatoes
1 onion chopped
4 whole cloves
2 cups chicken broth
2 tablespoons butter
2 tablespoons all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon salt
2 teaspoons white sugar, or to taste


Directions
In a stockpot, over medium heat, combine the tomatoes, onion, cloves and chicken broth. Bring to a boil, and gently boil for about 20 minutes to blend all of the flavors. Remove from heat and put in blender until smooth.
In the now empty stockpot, melt the butter over medium heat. Stir in the flour to make a roux, cooking until the roux is a medium brown. Gradually whisk in a bit of the tomato mixture, so that no lumps form, then stir in the rest. Season with sugar and salt, and adjust to taste.

I added a little bit of milk at the end, then poured it into bowels and sprinkled grated cheese and parsley on top.

A lot of people recommended straining this after you blend it. I liked it how it was, but I didn't like the cloves floating in it... I will probably either fish those out or use ground cloves next time.

Double it.