Photo: Quick Creamy Tomato Soup Recipe
Ingredients
- 2 (15-ounce) containers, chicken or vegetable stock/broth (preferred brand: Kitchen Basics)
- 1 (28-ounce) can concentrated crushed tomatoes
- 1 cup heavy cream
- Coarse salt and black pepper
- 20 leaves fresh basil, cut into chiffonade, for garnish
- Soup toppers, for garnish, recipe follows
Directions
Combine broth and tomatoes in a medium saucepan over moderate heat. When soup bubbles, stir in heavy cream and reduce heat to low. Season with a little salt and pepper and simmer gently 15 minutes, stirring occasionally. With an immersion blender, puree soup. Serve bowls of soup with basil chiffonade and floating soup toppers.
Soup Toppers:
- 4 slices crusty bread, 4 inches across, 1/4-inch thick-slice artisan breads at counter in market
- 2 cloves cracked fresh garlic, optional
- Extra-virgin olive oil
- Freshly ground black pepper
- 1/2 pound shredded cheese to compliment your soup: provolone, Asiago, cheddar, Gruyere, Swiss, etc.
Toast bread slices in your toaster until golden. Rub the toasted bread rounds with crushed garlic, if using. Arrange bread on cookie or baking sheet. Drizzle each slice with extra-virgin oil and top with a grind of black pepper and a layer of shredded cheese. Place under hot broiler to melt cheese until toppers are golden brown in color.
Yield: 4 servings Preparation time: 5 minutes Cooking time: 1 minute
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By foolzcoupons
on February 07, 2012
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Awesome for a quick but tasty tomato soup. My husband said it's better than Panera Bread's and the best one i've made! I added a cup of V8 for some extra flavor and lessened the cream by a 1/4 cup. I could not find "concentrated" crushed tomatoes at my grocery store so I just got the can that said crushed tomatoes and it seemed to work fine? Served it with toasted artisan bread slices that I topped with some basil pesto, grated parmesan and shredded mozzerella cheese.. YUMMY!
By bizlas
dallas texas
on December 05, 2011
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EXCELLENT!!! I added some garlic and a little more cream and peppered the heck out of this. It goes PERFECT with grilled cheese sandwiches!! What a tasty winter time meal!!!!
By lmp71
Plymouth,
on November 02, 2011
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I agree... I added a can of tomato paste to deepen the tomato flavor. Delicious and simple. I would add croutons.
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