Chalet Girls Chunky Tomato And Basil Soup Food

CHUNKY TOMATO-BASIL SOUP

Steps:

• In 3-quart saucepan, heat butter over medium-high heat. Add onion and carrots; cook and stir 3 to 4 minutes or until softened. Add flour; cook and stir until moistened. Gradually add half-and-half, cooking and stirring about 2 minutes or until smooth.
• Stir in remaining ingredients. Cover; cook over medium heat about 15 minutes, stirring frequently, just until mixture comes to a boil.
• If desired, top with additional chopped fresh basil leaves.

CHUNKY TOMATO SOUP

Steps:

• In a 5-quart saucepan or Dutch oven, melt butter over medium heat; add oil and onion, and season with salt and pepper. Cook until onion is translucent, about 5 minutes. Stir in flour and tomato paste; cook 1 minute.
• To saucepan, add thyme, broth, and tomatoes, breaking up tomatoes with your fingers. Bring to a boil; reduce heat and simmer, 30 minutes. (Remove thyme sprigs before blending.)
• Using an immersion blender, puree soup in pot, leaving a fair amount of the tomatoes in chunks. Or, working in several batches, puree half (5 cups) of the soup in a conventional blender until smooth; return to pot. Season with salt and pepper. Serve immediately.

MAMU'S CHUNKY TOMATO BASIL BISQUE SOUP

Steps:

• Saute the veggies in butter and olive oil combo until softened. Add tomato ingredients and spices. Simmer for 3 to 6 hours. Adjust thickness with more chicken broth or tomatoes.
• About 5-10 minutes before serving, add the cream and cream cheese.

CHUNKY HOMEMADE CREAMY TOMATO SOUP

Steps:

• Sauté celery, onion and red pepper in butter till soft and slightly caramelized. Add crushed tomatoes and heat through.
• Blend contents with a hand blender, or standard blender until it is the texture you want. We like ours a little chunky.
• Take off the heat and add the whipping cream. If it is too thick add some milk until it is the consistency you want. We like ours thick and hearty.
• Heat through and adjust the salt and pepper.
• Note: If you don't have the McCormick's pepper, just add regular black pepper and a splash of Worcestershire sauce.

CHUNKY TOMATO-BASIL BISQUE

Steps:

• In large saucepan, saute the celery, onion and red pepper in butter for 5 minutes or until tender.
• Add tomatoes and tomato paste; bring to a boil.
• Reduce heat, cover and simmer for 40 minutes.
• Remove from heat. Stir in basil, sugar, salt and pepper; cool slightly.
• Transfer half of soup mixture to a blender.
• While processing, gradually add cream; process until pureed.
• Return to pan; heat through but do not boil.

CHUNKY TOMATO SOUP

Steps:

• After dicing the onion and tomatoes (serrated knife works best) heat butter in a medium pan and saute onion until transparent (about 5 minutes).
• Add tomatoes, chicken broth, 1/3 cup dill, sugar, salt and pepper and bring to boil.
• Lower heat and simmer for 20 minutes.
• Serve hot.
• Ladle into soup bowls and top with spoonfull of yogurt.
• Sprinkle with remaining dill.