Fresh Tomato Soup With Basil Oil Food

FRESH TOMATO SOUP WITH BASIL

Steps:

• Cook Tomatoes: Dice your tomatoes and set aside. Heat oil in a medium pot over medium/high heat. Add onion and garlic, cooking until onion softens and is fragrant. Stir in chopped tomatoes and continue cooking, uncovered, until tomatoes have mostly broken down, about 10 minutes.
• Blend: Add 1 cup of the broth then blend the mixture until smooth (using either a handheld immersion blender or by carefully transferring the mixture to a countertop blender). Return soup to the pot and add more broth, as needed, to reach a consistency to your liking.
• Flavor: Stir in basil, (stem and all) honey, and seasonings, cover, and cook for 5 more minutes. Fish out the basil before serving.
• Serve: Serve warm, optionally topped with croutons* and drizzled with cream.

ROASTED TOMATO SOUP WITH FRESH BASIL

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 400°. Place tomatoes, onion and garlic in a greased 15x10x1-in. baking pan; drizzle with oil. Sprinkle with thyme, salt and pepper; toss to coat. Roast until tender, 25-30 minutes, stirring once. Cool slightly., Process tomato mixture and basil leaves in batches in a blender until smooth. Transfer to a large saucepan; heat through. If desired, top with croutons and sliced basil.

FRESH TOMATO SOUP WITH BASIL OIL

Steps:

• For the soup, heat the olive oil in a medium non-reactive saucepan over medium-high heat. Add the celery, onion and carrot with a pinch of salt. Cook, stirring often, until the vegetables begin to soften, 10 to 15 minutes. Add the tomatoes with their juices, bouquet garni, stock and balsamic vinegar and cook 15-20 minutes more, until the tomatoes have broken down and the vegetables are very soft. Remove and discard the bouquet garni. Transfer the soup, in batches if necessary, to a blender and puree until smooth. Strain the soup into a clean saucepan and place over low heat. Stir in a generous pinch each of salt and pepper and cook 5 minutes more.
• For the basil oil, heat a small pot of water over high heat. When the water comes to a boil, drop in the leaves and cook for 30 seconds. Immediately plunge the leaves into a bowl of ice water and let rest for 1 minute. Drain the leaves in a colander and remove any excess moisture from the leaves by squeezing them between two plates over the sink. Place the leaves in a blender with the 1/2 cup of olive oil and a pinch each of salt and pepper. Blend until smooth. Strain through a very fine strainer and place in a small zip-top bag.
• When ready to serve the soup, place it in a warm soup bowl. Cut a very tiny piece out of the bottom corner of the zip-top bag and use this to decoratively drizzle a bit of basil oil over each bowl of soup. Place a few of the diced green or yellow tomatoes on top and serve.

ROASTED TOMATO BASIL SOUP

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 400 degrees F. Toss together the tomatoes, 1/4 cup olive oil, salt, and pepper. Spread the tomatoes in 1 layer on a baking sheet and roast for 45 minutes.
• In an 8-quart stockpot over medium heat, saute the onions and garlic with 2 tablespoons of olive oil, the butter, and red pepper flakes for 10 minutes, until the onions start to brown. Add the canned tomatoes, basil, thyme, and chicken stock. Add the oven-roasted tomatoes, including the liquid on the baking sheet. Bring to a boil and simmer uncovered for 40 minutes. Pass through a food mill fitted with the coarsest blade. Taste for seasonings. Serve hot or cold.

ROAST TOMATO AND BASIL SOUP WITH OLIVE OIL TOASTS

Steps:

• Pre-heat the oven to 220 C or about 425-450°F.
• Quarter each tomato, or cut slightly smaller if they are really big, and place in a roasting tin that is safe for both the oven and stove-top.
• Halve the pepper, deseed it and then cut each half into about 3 pieces.
• Add the pepper and chopped garlic in with the tomatoes along with the olive oil.
• Season with salt and freshly ground black pepper.
• Roast for about 45 minutes or until the tomatoes are soft and their skin has started to blacken, but just slightly.
• You don't want to incinerate them!
• Pour the stock into the roasting tin.
• If you don't have a tin that will go on top of the stove you will have to transfer everything into a large pot.
• Add in the basil and bring briefly to a boil.
• Use a blender to liquidise most of the mixture, leaving just a couple handfuls of tomatoes and pepper behind.
• Drain them of any liquid, then finely chop the tomato and pepper.
• Season to taste.
• Just before you are ready to serve, cut the bread thinly on an angle and toast it under the grill.
• Pile a bit of the chopped tomato and pepper in the centre of the bowls and ladle the soup around it.
• Float the toast on top and drizzle with olive oil.

FRESH TOMATO BASIL SOUP

Steps:

• In a large pot of boiling water, blanch the ripe tomatoes for 10 seconds.
• Transfer to colander; cool slightly and peel off skin.
• Cut tomatoes in half; remove seeds and chop.
• In a medium saucepan, cook the onion in olive oil over medium heat, stirring frequently, until golden brown, about 4 minutes.
• Add the garlic and cook 1 minute longer.
• Add the chopped tomatoes and cook uncovered over medium heat for 20 minutes (If using canned tomatoes, decrease cooking time to 10 minutes).
• Spoon 3/4 of mixture into food processor or blender container; puree until smooth.
• Return to saucepan, and add red pepper, basil and milk to the soup.
• Heat until hot but do not boil.
• Season to taste with salt and pepper.
• Divide the soup into two warm bowls and serve immediately.
• Garnish with fresh basil leaves, if desired.
• As stated use only the soy milk for the Vegan version.

FRESH TOMATO SOUP WITH BASIL

Steps:

• Heat the butter or olive oil in a thick saucepan, and add in the chopped onion, garlic and potato and soften them gently without browning for about 10-15 minutes.
• Add the tomatoes, if you are using dried basil then add it in now alongwith the worcestershire sauce, stir well and let them cook for a minute.
• Pour in the stock and give it a good stir and season with salt and pepper and cover and simmer for 30 minutes.
• Blitz the soup and then pass it through a sieve to extract the skins and pips.
• Check seasoning, add in the fresh basil then return the pan to heat and bring to boil again.
• Serve hot or ice-cold.

CREAMY TOMATO-BASIL SOUP

Steps:

• Heat the butter and olive oil in a large pot over medium heat. Stir in onions and cook until tender. Mix in tomatoes and chopped basil. Season with salt and pepper. Pour in the chicken broth, reduce heat to low, and continue cooking 15 minutes.
• Transfer soup to a blender (or use an immersible hand blender), and blend until smooth. Return to the pot, and bring to a boil. Reduce heat to low, and gradually mix in the heavy cream. Pour soup through a strainer before serving. Garnish each serving with a sprig of basil.

TOMATO AND FRESH BASIL SOUP

Steps:

• (Note: I totally omit the cream. After cooking and then processing, the soup has a nice thick consistency that doesn't really need to be thickened more- or the added calories. Simply omit the pressing of the soup through the sieve and the addition of the c) Heat the oil and butter in a large saucepan until foaming.
• Add the onion and cook gently for about 5 minutes, stirring, until the onion is softened but not brown.
• Stir in the chopped tomatoes and garlic, then add the stock, white wine and sun-dred tomato paste, with salt and pepper to taste.
• Bring to a boil, then lower the heat, half cover the pan, and simmer gently for 20 minutes, shirring occcasionally to keep the tomatoes from sticking to the bottom of the pan.
• Process the soup with the shredded basil in a blender or food processor, then press through a sieve into a clean pan.
• Add the cream and heat through, stirring.
• Do not allow the soup to approach the boiling point.
• Check the consistency and add more stock if necessary, then season with salt and pepper.
• Pour into heated bowls and garnish with basil.
• Serve at once.
• (Can also be frozen and served later.).