Tomato Soup

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  garlic cloves

  4
  4 cloves roasted garlic, homemade
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  shallots in pieces

  2 ½ oz
  2 ½ oz yellow onions, in pieces
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  extra virgin olive oil

  ½ oz
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  ripe tomatoes quartered (see Tip)

  18 oz
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  tomato paste

  ½ oz
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  vegetable stock (προαιρετικό πεδίο) to desired consistency (see Tip)

  8 - 12 oz
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  smoked paprika to taste

  ½ - 1 tsp
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  sugar to taste

  1 - 2 tsp
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  salt to taste

  1 tsp
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  ground black pepper to taste

  ½ tsp
  ¼ tsp white pepper, to taste
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  fresh basil leaves plus extra to garnish

  6
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  dried red chili flakes to garnish