Tomato Basil Soup

Submitted by DrGaellon

"Adapted from a Rachael Ray recipe."

 

• Ready In: 30mins
• Ingredients: 10
• Serves: 8

ingredients

• 2 teaspoons olive oil
• 1 medium onion, finely chopped
• 4 garlic cloves, minced
• 2 (28 ounce) cans crushed tomatoes
• 1 tablespoon tomato paste
• 2 1⁄2 cups vegetable broth
• 1⁄2 teaspoon dried basil
• 1 teaspoon coarse black pepper
• 2 teaspoons kosher salt
• 20 leaves fresh basil, torn or coarsely chopped

directions

1. Heat olive oil in a heavy-bottomed soup pot. Saute onion until soft and translucent, 3-5 minutes. Add garlic and saute until fragrant, 1 minute. Add tomatoes, tomato paste, broth, dried basil, pepper and salt. Bring to a boil, reduce to a simmer and cook 10 minutes. Stir in fresh basil and serve with garlic toasts.

Reviews

[David S.]

thanks for a good and easy recipe! <br/><br/>to make it less intense and sour I decreased tomatos, increased broth, and added some sugar; it worked nicely.

 

[joop]

So clean and simple - what a lovely recipe. Thank you for sharing. I only had diced tomatoes on hand so I did hit it with the immersion blender in the end and it was creamy and perfect.

 

[Ladfam]

REALLY great recipe!!! Just what I was looking for. :)<br/>The only thing I added was a little milk to make it more creamy......also processed it in a blender to make it really smooth.<br/>Thanks for sharing!!!

 

[Charlotte J]

Oh my goodness, this gets 10 stars, it's just that good!!! I really don't know what to say, I loved everything about this soup. I guess if a person wanted to, you could use an immersion blender to puree the onions more. I think one thing I will try, is to use my canned tomato juice from last year to make this. I'll have to cook the juice down more but it will be fun to see how it will turn out. I can't wait to make this again. *YUM* Made for *August Recipe Challenge Green Beans and Basil 2009* game