Creamy Tomato And Cream Cheese Soup Food

CREAMY TOMATO AND CREAM CHEESE SOUP

Steps:

• Place the tomatoes with juice in a well buttered oven-proof baking dish. Mix in celery, garlic, and red pepper. Cover, and bake at 325 degrees F (165 degrees C) for 25 minutes.
• In a large stock pot, melt butter or margarine over medium heat. Add the mushrooms and onions, and cook and stir for about 8 minutes.
• Slowly stir in flour and sugar. Add beef stock, basil, rosemary, and thyme, stirring until soup comes to a boil. Add the contents of the baked tomato pan from the oven, and bring to a boil. Cover, and simmer the soup for about 30 minutes.
• Meanwhile, in a food processor, blend the cream cheese until smooth. Season with salt and pepper to taste. Slowly stir the cream cheese into the soup. Garnish with chopped parsley.

CREAMY TOMATO SOUP

Steps:

• Heat the butter in a large soup pot over medium-high heat. Add the bacon and cook, stirring, until crisp and most of the fat has rendered, about 1 minute. Using a slotted spoon, transfer the bacon to a paper towel-lined plate and set aside. Lower the heat to medium, add the onion, carrots, celery, and garlic and cook, covered, stirring occasionally, until soft and fragrant, about 8 minutes.
• Stir in the flour and cook, stirring, for 3 minutes. Pour in the broth and crush the tomatoes through your fingers into the pan. Bring to a boil while whisking constantly. Tie the parsley sprigs, thyme, and bay leaf together with a piece of kitchen twine and add to the pot. Lower the heat and simmer for 20 minutes. Remove from the heat and let cool.
• Remove and discard the herb bundle. Working in batches, transfer the mixture to a blender and puree until smooth. Return the puree to the pot and reheat over medium heat.
• Whisk in the heavy cream, salt, and pepper, to taste. Divide among warm soup bowls and serve immediately.
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CREAMY TOMATO SOUP

Steps:

• Heat the oil in a large saucepan over medium heat. Add the garlic and onions and cook until the onions are translucent, about 5 minutes. Add the brown sugar and tomatoes and cook for 5 minutes more. Add 1/2 cup water, the thyme and Parmesan rind, if using. Cook for about 25 minutes.
• Discard the thyme sprigs and Parmesan rind. Puree the soup in a food processor or with an immersion blender until smooth. Strain through a fine sieve set over cleaned saucepan. Stir in the cream and butter. Season with salt and pepper.
• To serve, ladle the soup into bowls and sprinkle with Parmesan and chives.
• Serve with Grilled Cheese with Caramelized Onions.

CREAM OF TOMATO SOUP

Steps:

• Saute chopped fresh herbs in butter; add 1 jar pasta sauce, 2 cups water, 1/2 cup heavy cream and a pinch of nutmeg; simmer for 5 minutes.

CREAMY TOMATO SOUP

Steps:

• Heat a 3-quart Dutch oven over medium heat. Add 2 tablespoons olive oil and the carrots, celery, onion and 1 teaspoon salt. Stir with a wooden spoon and cook until the vegetables begin to soften, about 4 minutes. Add the cherry tomatoes and chicken stock and stir to combine. Nestle the Parmesan rind and basil in the soup and bring to a simmer. Reduce the heat to maintain a gentle simmer and cook, stirring often to prevent the rind from sticking to the bottom of the pan, for about 25 minutes.
• Remove the basil and Parmesan rind and discard. Stir in the mascarpone, the remaining tablespoon of olive oil and 1/2 teaspoon salt. Puree the soup until smooth with a stick blender. Serve topped with crumbled bacon.

CREAM OF FRESH TOMATO SOUP

Steps:

• Heat the olive oil in a large, heavy-bottomed pot over medium-low heat. Add the onions and carrots and saute for about 10 minutes, until very tender. Add the garlic and cook for 1 minute. Add the tomatoes, sugar, tomato paste, basil, chicken stock, salt, and pepper and stir well. Bring the soup to a boil, lower the heat, and simmer, uncovered, for 30 to 40 minutes, until the tomatoes are very tender.
• Add the cream to the soup and process it through a food mill into a bowl, discarding only the dry pulp that's left. Reheat the soup over low heat just until hot and serve with julienned basil leaves and/or croutons.

CREAMY TOMATO SOUP

Steps:

• In a saucepan, sauté onion in butter until tender.
• Stir in tomatoes, soup, milk, sugar, basil, paprika, and garlic powder.
• Bring to a boil.
• Reduce heat; cover and simmer for 10 minutes.
• Stir in cream cheese until melted.
• Top each serving with croutons and/or shredded cheese (if desired).
• Serve immediately.

CREAMY TOMATO SOUP

Steps:

• Melt butter in a medium stockpot over medium heat. Cook onion and garlic (if using), stirring constantly, until soft and translucent, about 3 minutes.
• Add tomatoes, their juices, and stock. Season with salt and pepper and bring to a boil, then reduce heat and simmer 10 minutes.
• Working in batches, transfer tomato mixture to a blender, food processor, or food mill. Puree tomato mixture (if using a blender, cover the lid with a kitchen towel while machine is running).
• Return soup to a clean pot and set over low heat. Whisk in cream, if desired; season with salt and pepper. Serve immediately or transfer soup to a bowl set over an ice-water bath to cool completely. Transfer cooled soup to an airtight container and refrigerate. Reheat over medium heat until heated through.

CREAMY TOMATO AND CHICKPEA SOUP

Steps:

• Heat oil in large saucepan on medium-high heat. Add carrots, celery and onions; cook 5 min., stirring frequently.
• Add water and bouillon cubes; stir. Bring to boil; cover. Simmer on medium-low heat 10 min. or until vegetables are tender, stirring occasionally.
• Add tomatoes and chickpeas; stir. Return to boil. Simmer 5 min., stirring occasionally. Remove from heat. Use immersion blender to blend soup until smooth. Return to heat.
• Stir in cream cheese; cook 10 to 15 min. or until cream cheese is completely melted and soup is heated through, stirring frequently.
• Sprinkle with Parmesan.

CREAMY TOMATO-GORGONZOLA SOUP

Steps:

• Heat oil in a sauce pan.
• Add onions, garlic and bell pepper.
• Saute over medium high heat until onion is translucent, about 3 to four minutes.
• Reduce heat to medium.
• Add cream, Gorgonzola and cream cheese, breaking cream cheese apart with a wooden spoon as you add it to the pot.
• Bring to a simmer.
• Add tomatoes and juices, tomato juice and other ingredients.
• Bring to simmer again, stirring CONSTANTLY, for about 10 minutes.
• Serve with fresh ground pepper.

CREAM OF TOMATO SOUP

Steps:

• In a Dutch oven, over medium heat, saute onions in butter until translucent. Remove from the heat. Stir in the flour so that no lumps remain, then slowly whisk in the tomato juice. Return to the heat and add salt to taste. Cook until just boiling but turn off the heat before it boils. Let cool 10 minutes then slowly stir in milk. Serve immediately.

CREAMY TOMATO BASIL TORTELLINI SOUP

Steps:

• Coat soup pan with olive oil. Add onion and garlic and saute till soft.
• Add canned diced tomatoes, basil, tomato soup and two cans milk. Stir till blended.
• Add chicken broth and stir in tomato paste till blended.
• Simmer for 20 minutes
• Add light cream and parmesan cheese.
• Add tortellini and cook till tender (at least 15 minutes).

RICH AND CREAMY TOMATO SOUP

Steps:

• In a large saucepan, saute onion in butter until tender. Stir in tomatoes, soup, milk, sugar, basil, paprika and garlic powder. , Bring to a boil. Reduce heat; cover and simmer for 10 minutes. Stir in cream cheese until melted. Serve immediately.

CREAMY TOMATO SOUP

Steps:

• Put the oil, onions, celery, carrots, potatoes and bay leaves in a big casserole dish, or two saucepans. Fry gently until the onions are softened - about 10-15 mins. Fill the kettle and boil it.
• Stir in the tomato purée, sugar, vinegar, chopped tomatoes and passata, then crumble in the stock cubes. Add 1 litre boiling water and bring to a simmer. Cover and simmer for 15 mins until the potato is tender, then remove the bay leaves. Purée with a stick blender (or ladle into a blender in batches) until very smooth. Season to taste and add a pinch more sugar if it needs it. The soup can now be cooled and chilled for up to 2 days, or frozen for up to 3 months.
• To serve, reheat the soup, stirring in the milk - try not to let it boil. Serve in small bowls for the children with cheesy sausage rolls then later in bowls for the adults as Hot Bloody Mary soup (see 'Goes well with' recipes, below).

CREAMY TOMATO, BASIL, & GARLIC CHEESE TORTELLINI SOUP

Steps:

• Sauté minced garlic in vegetable oil until slightly browned and fragrant.
• Combine garlic with tomato juice, chicken broth, and petite diced tomatoes in a sauce pan and bring to a boil. Let simmer for 15-20 minutes.
• Add cheese tortellini and basil leaves, then simmer for 5-10 minutes.
• Slowly add butter and heavy whipping cream, and stir continuously over low heat until heated through. DO NOT LET BOIL.
• Goes great with side salad and bread.