Hello everybody, it’s John, welcome to my recipe site. Today, we’re going to prepare a special dish, creamy tomato basil soup. It is one of my favorites food recipes. This time, I am going to make it a bit tasty. This is gonna smell and look delicious.
Creamy Tomato Basil Soup is one of the most well liked of current trending foods in the world. It is easy, it is fast, it tastes delicious. It’s enjoyed by millions daily. Creamy Tomato Basil Soup is something which I have loved my whole life. They are nice and they look wonderful.
To begin with this particular recipe, we must first prepare a few ingredients. You can have creamy tomato basil soup using 20 ingredients and 7 steps. Here is how you can achieve it.
The ingredients needed to make Creamy Tomato Basil Soup:
- Take 2 tbs butter
- Get 1 tsp olive oil
- Get 1 medium onion - chopped
- Prepare 3 cloves garlic - crushed
- Prepare 2 (14.5 oz) cans whole tomatoes - drained
- Prepare 6 cups tomato juice
- Get 4-6 tbs granulated sugar
- Get 2 tsp chicken soup base (or 2 cubes bullion)
- Take 1/4 tsp black pepper
- Prepare to taste sea salt
- Get 1 cup evaporated milk
- Make ready 1/4 cup chopped fresh basil
- Prepare Optional garnishes (per bowl)
- Get 1 tsp chiffonade of fresh basil
- Take 1 tsp chopped fresh parsley
- Prepare 3-4 seasoned croutons
- Get 2 tsp shredded mozzarella or parmesan
- Prepare couple dashes Tabasco sauce
- Make ready drizzle of extra virgin olive oil
- Make ready pinch cayenne powder or smoked paprika
Instructions 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.
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