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easy homemade tomato soup
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Homemade Tomato Soup

A delicious classic tomato soup recipe that is great anytime the craving strikes.
Prep Time10 mins
Cook Time20 mins
blending5 mins
Total Time35 mins
Servings: 6

Equipment

  • large pot, blender

Ingredients

Tomato Soup

  • 2 28 ounce cans of whole peeled tomatoes Regular not Italian style
  • ½ cup heavy cream
  • 1 shallot diced
  • 2 cloves of garlic diced
  • 1 teaspoon dried oregano
  • 5 leaves of fresh basil plus more for garnish (optional)
  • 1 tablespoon salt or to taste
  • ½ teaspoon fresh ground pepper
  • 3 tablespoon olive oil
  • 32 ounces large container of good chicken stock

Cheesy Crostini

  • 1 loaf of good quality Italian bread or a baguette
  • 6 ounces grated gruyere cheese
  • 3 ounces grated Parmesan cheese
  • 6 tablespoon olive oil
  • 1 clove of garlic
  • kosher salt for sprinkling
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Instructions

Tomato soup

  • In a large pot over medium heat saute your shallots for about 2 minutes
  • add ½ of your salt to sweat out the juices in the shallots
  • Now add your garlic and cook for another 2 minutes
  • Next, add your chicken stock and stir well
  • Now add your canned tomatoes, basil, oregano and the rest of your salt and your pepper and mix well
  • Let simmer for about 15 minutes
  • Now, carefully take a potato masher and mash done the large chinks of tomato. You can also do this with the back of a spoon
  • Do this until most of the tomatoes has been crushed up and there are no more large tomatoes left.
  • Remove your basil from the pot and discard.
  • Now, take half of your soup mixture and add it to a blender and secure the lid tightly. Take a kitchen towel and place over the lid of your blender. Pulse on medium speed to puree the mixture.
    Note: Make sure you do not fill the blender to the top because hot liquids expand when you start the blender. You may need to do this in 2 batches.
  • Now add your pureed mixture back into the pot and mix it in with the soup that wasn't pureed. This will give you a creamy soup with some texture.
    Note: If you like a fully creamy soup, just puree all of your soup in batches in the blender
  • Now add your heavy cream and mix well.
  • Taste for seasoning and add any salt or pepper that you need.
  • Serve immediately with grilled cheese, homemade croutons or crusty bread. Garnish with fresh basil

Cheesy Crostini

  • Pre-heat your broiler to high heat.
  • Slice up some good quality baguette or Italian bread.
  • Drizzle it with olive oil.
  • Place under the broiler for 3 minutes or so a side until the bread is nice and browned on both sides.
  • Remove from the oven and rub one side of the crostini with a fresh clove of garlic.
  • Sprinkle a little kosher salt.
  • Evenly add shredded gruyere and Parmesan to the tops of the bread.
  • Place back into the oven under the broiler for about 1-2 minutes until the cheese is just melted.
  • Remove from the oven and plate.
  • Enjoy!

Nutrition

Calories: 510kcal | Carbohydrates: 12g | Protein: 19g | Fat: 44g | Saturated Fat: 16g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 4g | Monounsaturated Fat: 22g | Cholesterol: 75mg | Sodium: 1895mg | Potassium: 472mg | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 6g | Vitamin A: 848IU | Vitamin C: 13mg | Calcium: 505mg | Iron: 2mg

Nutrition Values are estimates only.

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Course :Main Course