Hey everyone, it’s Louise, welcome to our recipe page. Today, I’m gonna show you how to make a distinctive dish, creamy tomato basil soup. One of my favorites. This time, I’m gonna make it a bit unique. This is gonna smell and look delicious.
Creamy Tomato Basil Soup is one of the most popular of recent trending foods on earth. It’s easy, it is fast, it tastes delicious. It’s enjoyed by millions daily. They are fine and they look wonderful. Creamy Tomato Basil Soup is something that I’ve loved my whole life.
Cooked tomatoes and tomato juice are pureed with fresh basil leaves in this soup thickened with heavy cream. Reviews for: Photos of Rich and Creamy Tomato Basil Soup. This creamy Tomato Basil Soup is restaurant-quality DELICIOUS and it's loaded with hidden vegetables. I've also included instructions for how to make it in the slow cooker and instant pot!
To begin with this particular recipe, we have to prepare a few ingredients. You can have creamy tomato basil soup using 20 ingredients and 7 steps. Here is how you can achieve that.
The ingredients needed to make Creamy Tomato Basil Soup:
- Get 2 tbs butter
- Make ready 1 tsp olive oil
- Prepare 1 medium onion - chopped
- Get 3 cloves garlic - crushed
- Get 2 (14.5 oz) cans whole tomatoes - drained
- Prepare 6 cups tomato juice
- Get 4-6 tbs granulated sugar
- Prepare 2 tsp chicken soup base (or 2 cubes bullion)
- Prepare 1/4 tsp black pepper
- Take to taste sea salt
- Take 1 cup evaporated milk
- Prepare 1/4 cup chopped fresh basil
- Prepare Optional garnishes (per bowl)
- Take 1 tsp chiffonade of fresh basil
- Take 1 tsp chopped fresh parsley
- Make ready 3-4 seasoned croutons
- Get 2 tsp shredded mozzarella or parmesan
- Prepare couple dashes Tabasco sauce
- Get drizzle of extra virgin olive oil
- Prepare pinch cayenne powder or smoked paprika
I have been blogging at Modern Honey for almost two years. In some ways, it feels like it flew by and in other ways, it feels like a lifetime. It depends on the day. 🙂 For the past two. Made with fresh tomatoes and basil, it's the perfect summer soup.
Steps to make Creamy Tomato Basil Soup:
- Melt butter with olive oil in a 3 to 4 quart stock pot over medium heat. Add onions and garlic. Sautee until onions are translucent. About 5 - 7 minutes.
- Transfer onion and garlic to blender. Add drained cans of whole tomatoes. Cover and pulse until you have a coarse puree. Note: You may want to vent the lid slightly so steam doesn't pop the lid off.
- Transfer puree back to stockpot over medium high heat. Add tomato juice, soup base and 3 tbs of the sugar. Taste and add up to 1 more tbs sugar at this time. Note: The sugar is used to help cut the acidity of the tomatoes. The acidity of tomatoes can vary from batch to batch so always start low when adding the sugar.
- Bring to a boil, reduce heat to medium and simmer uncovered for 20 - 25 minutes to reduce slightly (about the consistency of a thin gravy). Taste soup after it has reduced. Add pepper, salt to taste, and up to 2 tbs more sugar as needed/desired (I normally use the full 6 tbs).
- Reduce heat to low. Once soup has stopped bubbling stir in evaporated milk until well incorporated. Then stir in chopped basil. Cover and let sit about 5 minutes for flavors to blend.
- Dish up and garnish with any combination of suggested garnishes above.
- Alternate version: For a smoother consistency, before adding evaporated milk carefully run soup through a fine mesh sieve to remove all the solids. Return to pot, then add evaporated milk and basil as in step 5.
It depends on the day. 🙂 For the past two. Made with fresh tomatoes and basil, it's the perfect summer soup. Heavy cream and butter make it rich and flavorful. Made with diced tomatoes, cream, fresh basil, parmesan, and a surprise ingredient! I think for a lot of people, soup weather is just around the corner.
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