Creamy Tomato Basil Soup

ajean's Note:

This soup is so fresh and so easy! Rachael Ray made a similar soup on 30 minute meals and I just tweaked it a bit to fit our tastes. This soup goes great with grilled cheese or salad and bread.

• Total Time: 25 mins
• Prep Time: 10 mins
• Cook Time: 15 mins

Ingredients:

Servings: 6

• 4 cups milk
• 3 (14 ounce) cans diced tomatoes, drained
• 1 small onion, peeled and quartered
• 2 garlic cloves
• 1 stalk celery
• 2 tablespoons tomato paste
• 2 tablespoons butter
• 4 tablespoons flour
• 1 teaspoon dried basil
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1/4 teaspoon pepper

Directions:

1. Heat milk on medium in saucepan. Place remaining ingredients in food processor or blender and blend until smooth. Pour tomato mixture into milk. Bring to a boil. Immediately decrease heat to low and simmer 15 minutes.

Reviews

[loof]

This is a delicious and easy-to-make soup, quick and made with things I always have on hand. I was a bit worried when I first added the pureed mixture to the hot milk - it had some small lumps and looked curdled - but after about 10 minutes of simmering it smoothed out nicely and by the 15 minutes it was perfect. Thanks for sharing a great recipe! Made for Fall Pick-A-Chef 2011

[flower7]

Delicious! I've never made tomato soup before because I didn't used to like it but this sounded good. I halved the recipe, leaving out the celery and using whole milk. Otherwise didn't change a thing. Served with Herbed Biscuits (Quick and Easy) on the side but a grilled cheese would be awesome too. Thanks for sharing!

[Mikekey]

Yes, this is surprisingly fresh tasting for using canned tomatoes. Sure better than that condensed stuff :) I just made 2 servings. I agree with Loof about the concerns with lumps, but it really did smooth out nicely. Went great with a grilled gouda sandwich. Made for Fall 2011 PAC game.