The bacon is fried up in a large soup pot, then carrots, onions and garlic go into the pan for another 5 - 10 minutes. Then tomato paste gets stirred in and flour for thickening. Once all that is set, we moved everything to a big pot, poured in some tomatoes, chicken broth, thyme, a bay leaf and more tomatoes and let them simmer for 25-ish minutes. We added cream to thicken it.