Fire Roasted Tomato Soup

Submitted by Debbwl

"Home made Recipe #399692 (Highly recommend) and canned Fire Roasted Tomatoes come together to make a roasted tomato soup that is full of flavor. For an Italian flavor use basil and for a South West flavor us Cilantro. Prep time does not include time to make Recipe #399692 as I had some in the freezer."

 

• Ready In: 50mins
• Ingredients: 9
• Serves: 4

ingredients

• 1 tablespoon olive oil
• 1 large onion, chopped
• 2 garlic cloves, finely chopped
• 2 (14 1/2 ounce) cans fire roasted diced tomatoes, undrained
• 2 cups roasted vegetable stock, this is the one we think has the best flavor and adds the most to this soup Roasted Vegetable Stock
• 2 tablespoons chopped fresh basil leaves or 2 tablespoons cilantro leaves
• 1 teaspoon sugar
• 1⁄4 teaspoon crushed red pepper flakes (more or less depending on taste)
• 1⁄2 cup whipping cream

directions

1. In saucepan, melt butter over medium heat. Add onion and garlic; cook 2 to 3 minutes, stirring constantly, until onion is crisp-tender.
2. Stir in tomatoes, stock, 1 tablespoon of the basil or cilantro, the sugar and pepper flakes. Heat to boiling. Reduce heat; cover and simmer 15 minutes. Remove from heat; cool slightly, about 15 minutes.
3. In blender, place half of the mixture. Cover; blend until pureed. Return to saucepan. Repeat with remaining mixture. Heat over medium heat until hot. Remove from heat. Stir in cream and remaining 1 tablespoon basil or cilantro.

Reviews

[januarybride]

EXCELLENT soup. I simmered mine on low for about an hour to let the flavors mend prior to letting it cool and putting it in the blender. I didn't have fresh herbs, so I used about 2 T of dried Italian Herbs and it is absolutely perfect. This is restaurant quality soup, my dear! I used roast veggie broth that I bought at the grocery store. THANKS for sharing! UPDATE: I made this again yesterday and used expensive Muir Glen crushed fire-roasted tomatoes, subbed the whipped cream for about 1/4 cup of vegan sour cream (worked perfectly) and then thew it in the blender. Hubby thought it was too pureed, so I added in two diced fresh Roma tomatoes and it was outstanding. This definitely made 4 nice sized bowls of soup, so 2 meals for us! We topped it on day two with just a little blue cheese which was a nice touch.

 

[DailyInspiration]

We love tomato-basil soup and this was a great recipe! It is so easy to make and is delicious by itself or with a sandwich or salad. The whipping cream really gives this soup a wonderful richness. Thanks for this post!

 

[duonyte]

A very warming soup, and quick to make. I used fire-roasted tomatoes that had some jalapenos and probably other things in there, so mine may have been even spicier than the original, but that was fine with me. I am not sure why the broth and tomatoes had to be heated in the microwave - just dirtied another dish, in my mind, and I will just pour it all into the saucepan next time. I used my stick blender to blend it all right in the saucepan, another time saver. Thanks for posting!

 

[KLBoyle]

Very tasty! I love that it calls for canned roasted tomatoes, I really hate taking the time to do it myself. I did double all of the seasonings as it was a bit bland but it ended up great.

 

[Artandkitchen]

Delicious soup!<br/>I used normal canned tomatoes and I added some fresh chilli. As herbs I uses fresh basil from the garden with small leaves. For the roasted (dry in a pan) 5 cloves of garlic prior use it in the soup.<br/>Simply ingredients, but great soup!