Hey everyone, it is me again, Dan, welcome to my recipe page. Today, I will show you a way to make a distinctive dish, creamy tomato basil soup. It is one of my favorites food recipes. For mine, I will make it a little bit unique. This will be really delicious.
Creamy Tomato Basil Soup is one of the most popular of current trending meals on earth. It’s appreciated by millions daily. It’s easy, it’s quick, it tastes delicious. They are fine and they look fantastic. Creamy Tomato Basil Soup is something which I’ve loved my entire life.
To get started with this recipe, we have to 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:
- Make ready 2 tbs butter
- Make ready 1 tsp olive oil
- Take 1 medium onion - chopped
- Prepare 3 cloves garlic - crushed
- Prepare 2 (14.5 oz) cans whole tomatoes - drained
- Take 6 cups tomato juice
- Take 4-6 tbs granulated sugar
- Make ready 2 tsp chicken soup base (or 2 cubes bullion)
- Make ready 1/4 tsp black pepper
- Get to taste sea salt
- Get 1 cup evaporated milk
- Get 1/4 cup chopped fresh basil
- Get Optional garnishes (per bowl)
- Prepare 1 tsp chiffonade of fresh basil
- Get 1 tsp chopped fresh parsley
- Take 3-4 seasoned croutons
- Take 2 tsp shredded mozzarella or parmesan
- Prepare couple dashes Tabasco sauce
- Prepare drizzle of extra virgin olive oil
- Get 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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