Homemade Tomato Soup made with garden fresh or canned tomatoes, in under 30 minutes. Creamy, easy to make and delicious!
Ingredients
- 4 tablespoons olive oil or butter (butter elevates!)
- 1 large red or yellow onion, diced
- 1 cup carrots, thinly- sliced
- 1/2 cup celery, diced
- 2 garlic cloves, chopped
- 1 red bell pepper (optional)
- 2 lbs fresh tomatoes (alternatively, one, 28-ounce can of San Marzano Tomatoes)
- 1 cup water plus 1 Knorr Chicken bouillon cube or One cup Organic Chicken Stock. If you use broth or stock you may need to add more salt.
- 2 tablespoons sugar, honey, or maple syrup
- 1 teaspoon Pink Himalayan Sea salt or table salt (Sea Salt is smoother)
- 1/2 teaspoon fresh ground pepper (multi-color pepper corns lift the flavor)
- 10–15 fresh basil leaves
- pinch cayenne
- 1/2 cup heavy cream
Optional Add-ins and Garnish
- Add in chunks of tomato to add texture and heartiness.
- Garnish with chiffonade cut Basil ribbons.
- Garnish with Cherry or Grape tomato halves.
- Garnish with croutons.
- Garnish with Sour Cream
Instructions
- Heat butter in a Dutch oven over medium-high heat. Saute onions and celery until softened, about 3-4 minutes.
- Lower heat to medium, add carrots and saute 3-4 minutes more until onions are golden and fragrant.
- Add garlic and saute 1 minute.
- Add the tomatoes, water & chicken bouillon, choice of sweetener, salt and pepper.Stir, increase heat and bring to a simmer, cover, then lower heat to low, so it’s gently simmering. Simmer 10-15 minutes until the tomatoes have broken down and carrots are tender. Remove from heat.
- Add the basil leaves
- Use an immersion blender, to blend the soup. Or use a blender, then return to the pot.
- Stir in the cream.
- Add a little pinch of cayenne.
- Taste and adjust salt and sweetener,
- Serve in bowls with basil ribbons, croutons, sour cream, or fresh little tomatoes (halved).
STORE:
- Soup will store up to 4 days in the fridge.
- If you want to freeze, do not add the cream until reheating, to avoid graininess. Soup will freeze for winter in wide-mouth canning jars with 1-inch headroom (for expansion).