Tomato Cream

Submitted by Boomette

"A creamy soup with fresh tomatoes or canned. The last step with whipped cream can be omitted."

 

• Ready In: 40mins
• Ingredients: 12
• Serves: 4

ingredients

• 2 tablespoons butter
• 2 onions, chopped
• 2 celery ribs, chopped
• 2 carrots, chopped
• 6 tomatoes, peeled, cut in 4 (2 lb) or 28 ounces diced tomatoes
• 2 cups chicken broth
• 1⁄2 cup water
• 5 1⁄2 ounces tomato paste
• 2 teaspoons sugar
• 1⁄2 teaspoon salt
• 2 -3 dashes Tabasco sauce
• 3⁄4 cup heavy cream

directions

1. In a casserole, melt butter at medium heat. Add onions, celery and carrots. Cook, stirring from time to time, for about 5 minutes or until vegetables have soften.
2. Add tomatoes, chicken broth, water, tomato paste, sugar, salt and tabasco. Bring to boil. Reduce heat, cover and let simmer 15 to 20 minutes or until vegetables are tender. Let cool down a bit.
3. In food processor or blender, reduce vegetable mixture in a creamy texture, in 2 batches. Pour the creamy soup in the casserole, add 1/4 cup of heavy cream and heat at low heat until the soup is warm.
4. Then, in a little bowl, with a mixer, beat the remaining heavy cream until soft peaks. When ready to serve, garnish each serving with whipped cream.

Reviews

[*Parsley*]

Fabulous flavor. I made this as written, but skipped the whipping cream garnished and instead used a dallop of light sour cream. The carrots add a great flavor and touch of sweetness. The texture was not to runny and not to thick.... just perfect. Fresh basil would be great in this as well. Thanx!

 

[AZPARZYCH]

This is so easy to make and tastes 100 times better than the canned stuff (not to mention how much better for you it is!) Made 2 servings for 4yr DS and I to have for lunch; served with grilled ham and cheese sandwiches. Made for AUS/NZ Recipe Swap #47.

 

[Shae2138]

Tomatotastic!! Very easy to prepare, great texture, and just delicious! Opted to add all of the cream straight into the soup instead of whipping some of it at the end. Made enough for us to freeze for another meal. No more canned tomato soup for us!! Thanks for this great recipe! : )

 

[Baby Kato]

Boomie, what a great recipe. We loved this deep, soothing, dish. It was rich, creamy, thick and oh so silky. We really enjoyed the texture and flavor. All those beautiful fresh vegetables mixed with fresh cream. I will be making this again often. My dh and mother were so impressed. Thank you so much for sharing.

 

[2Bleu]

This is a wonderful creamy tomato soup recipe. We halved the recipe and the directions were easy to follow. This soup is definitely upscale and we look forward to making it again. Thanks Boomie, for another keeper.