Tomato Cream Soup With Basil And Gin Food

CREAMY TOMATO BASIL SOUP

Steps:

• In a large saucepan, saute onion and garlic in oil until tender. Add the tomatoes, broth, water and pepper. Bring to a boil. Reduce heat; simmer for 10 minutes. , Stir in the cream, sherry or additional broth, basil and sugar. Cook for 1 minute or until heated through (do not boil).

TOMATO SOUP

Steps:

• Peel and roughly slice the carrots, slice the celery, and peel and roughly chop the onions. Peel and slice the garlic.
• Heat 2 tablespoons of oil in a large pan over a medium heat, add all the prepped ingredients, then cook with lid ajar for 10 to 15 minutes, or until softened.
• Crumble the stock cubes into a jug, cover with1.5 litres of boiling water, and stir until dissolved.
• Add the stock to the veg pan with tinned and fresh whole tomatoes, including the green stalks that may still be attached to some of them (these give an amazing flavour - trust me!).
• Give it a good stir and bring to the boil, then reduce to a simmer for 10 minutes with the lid on. Meanwhile, pick your basil leaves.
• Remove the pan from the heat. Season to taste with sea salt and black pepper, then stir through the basil leaves.
• Using a stick blender or liquidizer, pulse the soup until smooth. Taste and check the seasoning, then serve.

SECRET INGREDIENT TOMATO BASIL SOUP

Steps:

• ROAST: Position a rack in the center of the oven and preheat the oven to 375ºF. Place the tomatoes, onions, garlic, and carrots on one large baking sheet. It's okay if some of the ingredients are overlapping. Drizzle the olive oil along with a generous pinch of salt and pepper and give it a good toss so it's all evenly seasoned. Place the baking tray in the oven and allow the ingredients to bake for 1 hour. Check on the ingredients around 30 minutes and give it a toss as needed.
• BLEND: Transfer the ingredients along with any juices from the baking tray to a blender and blend the veggies until they are completely smooth. If you've got a super powerful blender it will go in one batch and be super quick. If you've got a regular blender, you may need to add a little broth to help it along. If you've got a hand blender, you can skip this step and add all the remaining ingredients into a large pot and just blend it all there.
• SOUP: Transfer the puree into a large dutch oven over medium heat. Add the chicken broth and allow the soup to heat all the way through, about 5-7 minutes. Add the balsamic vinegar and red pepper flakes. Add two tablespoons of the pesto and give the soup a taste. If desired, add more. I used 4 in total because I love a little extra punch of basil. Season with additional salt and pepp as desired. Serve with cheese toasts.

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-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 CREAM SOUP WITH BASIL AND GIN

Steps:

• Peel and slice the tomatoes.
• Remove the seeds and slice into half-inch cubes.
• Saute onions and garlic in olive oil.
• Add the tomato paste.
• Add the tomatoes and chopped basil leaves.
• Bring to a boil and season with salt and pepper.
• Reduce heat and simmer for 10 minutes.
• Blend with a small hand blender.
• Stir in cream and gin.
• Pour into six soup dishes.
• Garnish with a spoon of sour cream and a basil leaf.

GIN TOMATO SOUP

Steps:

• Combine tomato, garlic, thyme, paprika, sugar and Tabasco in a blender and puree.
• In a soup pot, sauté bacon until crisp, drain on paper towels.
• Add butter to pan with bacon drippings, melt butter, add mushrooms and sauté until golden.
• Add gin and bacon, stir, add tomato sauce and simmer 15 minutes.
• Add cream, season with salt and pepper and serve.

ROASTED SWEET PEPPER AND TOMATO SOUP

Steps:

• First off, place the tomatoes and peppers in an oven safe baking tray, drizzle with olive oil and season. Roast in the oven for about 20 - 25 minutes until done.
• Transfer the vegetables to a food processor and blitz until smooth.
• You can run the soup through a sieve if you like it more silky.
• For the basil pesto, add the fresh basil, garlic, parmesan, pine nuts and olive oil in a pestle and mortar and grind to a paste.
• Add spoonfuls of pesto to the soup, serve with crème fraiche and season to taste.