Old Man Raffertys Tomato Basil Soup Food

OLD MAN RAFFERTY'S TOMATO BASIL SOUP

Steps:

• Mix all ingredients, except for cream in a large soup pot.
• Simmer for 20 minutes over medium-low heat.
• Allow soup to cool a bit (until it's no longer hot to the touch), then whisk in the cream.
• Reheat slowly to serving temperature, and serve with chiffonaded fresh basil, if available.

TOMATO BASIL SOUP

Steps:

• Heat the olive oil in a large soup pot over medium high heat. Add the onion and cook, stirring often, until softened, about 10 minutes. Add the tomatoes and the stock. Bring to a boil and then reduce to a simmer. Cook until soup is slightly thickened, about 20 minutes. Season with salt and pepper. Stir in the basil.
• Place the pot of soup directly in sink, and using a stick blender, blend until smooth. Serve immediately.

TOMATO BASIL SOUP

Steps:

• Melt butter in a large pot over medium-low heat; cook and stir onion, carrots, celery, and garlic until vegetables are tender, about 10 minutes. Stir in both amounts of tomato sauce, chicken broth, basil, and oregano. Increase heat to medium and simmer until soup is reduced, 10 to 20 minutes.
• Pour soup into a blender no more than half full. Cover and hold lid down; pulse a few times before leaving on to blend. Add cream. Continue to puree in batches until smooth, transferring creamy soup to another pot.
• Heat soup over medium-high heat until hot, about 5 minutes more.

TOMATO AND BASIL SOUP

Steps:

• Slice and arrange tomatoes on large baking tray, sprinkle garlic, shredded basil and a good coating of olive oil over the tomatoes. Roast in the oven preheated to 180C/fan for approximately 50 minutes or until the tomatoes just start burning at the edges
• Finely chop the onion and lighty fry in a knob of butter and a good splash of olive oil until soft but not coloured
• Add the onions to the roasted tomatoes, stock, white wine, tomato puree, salt and pepper and bring to the boil then simmer for 20 minutes stirring every 5 minutes
• Put the sauce into a blender in batches and strain through a sieve using the back of a ladle into a clean large sauce pan then reheat and add the cream but do not boil. Adjust sesoning to taste. Serve with a swirl of cream and sprig of basil.

TOMATO BASIL SOUP

Steps:

• Heat the olive oil in a large soup pot over medium high heat.
• Add the onion and garlic and cook, stirring often, until softened, about 10 minutes -- be careful not to burn garlic.
• Add the tomatoes and the stock.
• Bring to a boil and then reduce to a simmer.
• Cook until soup is slightly thickened, about 20 minutes.
• Season with salt and pepper.
• Stir in the basil.
• Place the pot of soup directly in sink, and using a stick blender, blend until smooth.
• Serve immediately.