Creamy Tomato Basil Soup
Creamy Tomato Basil Soup

Hey everyone, it is Brad, welcome to my recipe page. Today, we’re going to prepare a special dish, creamy tomato basil soup. It is one of my favorites food recipes. This time, I will make it a bit tasty. This is gonna smell and look delicious.

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.

Creamy Tomato Basil Soup is one of the most well liked of current trending foods on earth. It is easy, it is quick, it tastes delicious. It’s enjoyed by millions daily. They’re nice and they look wonderful. Creamy Tomato Basil Soup is something which I’ve loved my entire life.

To get started with this recipe, we must first prepare a few ingredients. You can cook creamy tomato basil soup using 20 ingredients and 7 steps. Here is how you cook that.

The ingredients needed to make Creamy Tomato Basil Soup:
  1. Take 2 tbs butter
  2. Prepare 1 tsp olive oil
  3. Get 1 medium onion - chopped
  4. Get 3 cloves garlic - crushed
  5. Take 2 (14.5 oz) cans whole tomatoes - drained
  6. Make ready 6 cups tomato juice
  7. Make ready 4-6 tbs granulated sugar
  8. Make ready 2 tsp chicken soup base (or 2 cubes bullion)
  9. Make ready 1/4 tsp black pepper
  10. Get to taste sea salt
  11. Get 1 cup evaporated milk
  12. Get 1/4 cup chopped fresh basil
  13. Take Optional garnishes (per bowl)
  14. Take 1 tsp chiffonade of fresh basil
  15. Prepare 1 tsp chopped fresh parsley
  16. Take 3-4 seasoned croutons
  17. Make ready 2 tsp shredded mozzarella or parmesan
  18. Take couple dashes Tabasco sauce
  19. Make ready drizzle of extra virgin olive oil
  20. Take 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.

Instructions to make Creamy Tomato Basil Soup:
  1. 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.
  2. 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.
  3. 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.
  4. 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).
  5. 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.
  6. Dish up and garnish with any combination of suggested garnishes above.
  7. 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.

Heavy cream and butter make it rich and flavorful. He made this delicious creamy tomato basil soup with parmesan that I would eat by the bowl full. To keep costs low he didn't put parmesan cheese in the soup, but when he served it to me, he would sprinkle a generous serving of parmesan cheese on top, then wink and tell me not to tell the owners. What you'll need to make Chilled Creamy Tomato Basil Soup. You could definitely make this soup with fresh tomatoes since they're in season but I cheat and use Pomi boxed tomatoes.

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