Creamy Tomato Basil Soup
Creamy Tomato Basil Soup

Hey everyone, hope you’re having an amazing day today. Today, we’re going to make a special dish, creamy tomato basil soup. One of my favorites. For mine, I am going to make it a little bit unique. This is gonna smell and look delicious.

Creamy Tomato Basil Soup is one of the most favored of recent trending meals in the world. It’s appreciated by millions every day. It is simple, it is quick, it tastes delicious. Creamy Tomato Basil Soup is something which I have loved my entire life. They are nice and they look wonderful.

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

The ingredients needed to make Creamy Tomato Basil Soup:
  1. Take 2 tbs butter
  2. Take 1 tsp olive oil
  3. Prepare 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. Get 2 tsp chicken soup base (or 2 cubes bullion)
  9. Get 1/4 tsp black pepper
  10. Prepare to taste sea salt
  11. Prepare 1 cup evaporated milk
  12. Make ready 1/4 cup chopped fresh basil
  13. Get Optional garnishes (per bowl)
  14. Take 1 tsp chiffonade of fresh basil
  15. Get 1 tsp chopped fresh parsley
  16. Prepare 3-4 seasoned croutons
  17. Take 2 tsp shredded mozzarella or parmesan
  18. Make ready couple dashes Tabasco sauce
  19. Get drizzle of extra virgin olive oil
  20. Prepare pinch cayenne powder or smoked paprika
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.

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