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Creamy Tomato Soup Recipe

Creamy Tomato Soup
Difficulty: Easy | Total Time: 30 mins | Active Time: | Makes: 4 servings

This is a basic comfort recipe that’s almost as easy to make as the condensed variety but is much, much tastier. Needless to say, it pairs well with a grilled cheese sandwich.

INGREDIENTS
  • 1 tablespoon olive oil
  • 1 tablespoon unsalted butter
  • 1 medium sweet onion, coarsely chopped
  • 1 (28-ounce) can whole peeled tomatoes in their juices, preferably San Marzano
  • 1 1/2 cups low-sodium chicken broth or water
  • 2 bay leaves
  • 1/3 cup heavy cream
INSTRUCTIONS
  1. Heat oil and butter in a medium saucepan over medium heat. Once butter foams, add onion and a big pinch of salt. Season with freshly ground black pepper. Cook, stirring occasionally, until onion is completely soft and just beginning to brown, about 15 minutes.
  2. Add tomatoes and juices to the pan and stir to crush up tomatoes. Add broth or water and bay leaves and bring to a simmer. Simmer until tomatoes begin to fall apart, about 10 minutes.
  3. Remove from heat, discard bay leaves, and allow soup to cool slightly. Carefully purée soup in a blender until smooth (you may have to do this in batches). Return soup to the stove over low heat and stir in cream. Taste and adjust seasoning as desired.

Beverage pairing: Mulderbosch Sauvignon Blanc, South Africa. This sweet, simple, rich soup calls for a wine that provides some contrast. A bright, sharp Sauvignon Blanc can do that, and South Africa makes some of the best on the planet. The Mulderbosch vineyard is SA’s standard-bearer, and the flavors of grapefruit, lemon, and gooseberry in this wine will contrast nicely with the soup.

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  • Creamy Tomato Soup Recipe
    4

    I made great soup, but it took three attempts, because the recipe as written needs some alterations. How I will be doing the recipe: I skipped the butter when sauteing the onions and saved it for the end, when I used 1/3 cup skim milk, the 1 tbs of butter, and a pinch of cornstarch instead of heavy cream. It's missing something sweet to cut the acidity of the tomatoes, so I added 2 grated carrots and a handful of grape tomatoes when I added the canned tomatoes, and it worked great.

  • Creamy Tomato Soup Recipe
    5

    I made this tonight with regular supermarket canned tomatoes. I don't have a blender and the metal blade for my food processor is missing. I had to use the dough blade (!) The soup turned out a bit grainy but was very good! I wasn't expecting such depth of flavor from such a quick and simple recipe. I can't wait to get my hands on a can of San Marzanos and a new metal blade!

  • Creamy Tomato Soup Recipe
    5

    Too bad Nabisco discontinued the Wheatsworth crackers shown in the picture. They would be the perfect cracker for this soup.

  • Creamy Tomato Soup Recipe
    5

    I think this is the cup: http://www.lux-delux.com/ProductionLine.html " The Ultimate Coffee Cup - Pottery of the Future Available Today" Soup looks good - though I'm not a straining kinda gal.

  • Creamy Tomato Soup Recipe
    4

    I just made this. Delish!!

  • Creamy Tomato Soup Recipe
    5

    Great recipe. San Marzanos make a huge difference. I also like that is uses bay leaf.

  • where I can buy this type of mugs I wonder? thanks

  • pair with grilled cheese. yum.

  • This soup is delicious. My food blender is not so powerful so I put the soup trough a strainer.

  • Where did you buy the soup mugs brooklynnbabe?

  • Making it now but I am in UK have have 32oz 400x2 tins of Tesco Tomatoes, instead of the Mananzo which look prohibitly expensive.
    Fear on proportions front.

  • Great recipe, made it several times. Use a blender (not a processor). Swirl in the cream. Bought the white soup cups also.

  • You can also add a bit of ground clove for more of the familiar campbells soup-type flavor. I like the clove, especially when used with good quality tomatoes and other ingredients. A crusty baguette and dinner's on the table!

  • White soup cup was made by David Pier, as Foodwich said. Here's his site:
    http://www.davidpier.com/

  • david pier lux delux design for the coffee cups.

  • I have the white soup cups. actually they were on chow pick as the ultimate coffee cup so i ordered them. not sure how long ago maybe last year ?

  • Please let us know who is the manufacturer of the soup mug, or where they can be purchased. Thanks!

  • yum! and i really like the white soup cup, anyone know where i can get some of these? cheers

  • Nice recipe you could really stretch this out with some ramen noodles. Check out tomato soup ramen here http://slamrecipes.com/?q=tomato-soup.... This can be made from condensed soup or from scratch.

  • Thanks, stefbt! I will give it a shot!

    Regards,

    Bettina

  • BBettinaB, I just made this soup using three medium sized tomatoes, peeled, with about 1/2 c. tomato juice, and it was delicious. If I had had another tomato, I would've thrown it in there, so I think that this recipe is a great way to use up your tomato harvest. This was my first time having tomato soup that did not come from a can, and I have to say that it is astounding how much more fresh the flavor is. Thanks for the recipe Regan!

  • Looks amazing!

    Can anyone suggest a variation of this using fresh tomatoes? I'm probably going to have an abundance of them this summer.

    I will try this with veggie broth, and Wildwood brand unsweetened soy milk, or even Wildwood soy creamer. Wildwood products are available in Trader Joes - their Unsweetened Soy Milk and Soy Creamer are now branded as Trader Joe's brand, and their amazing veggie burgers are still under the Wildwood brand. Whole Foods also carries their products. Their soy yogurts are to die for!

    (No more Silk for me! White Wave is now owned by Dean Foods.)

  • Just what I was looking for. I increased quantities so I could use up a large can of tomatoes, and the rest of a box of chicken broth. And used unsweetened soy milk in place of the cream. Excellent, simple, easy to extrapolate...and fast. Thanks.

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