The only thing I love more than tomato soup is Ina Garten from the Barefoot Contessa. When I recently spotted this recipe in her cookbook I knew I had to give it a try. I feel like my cooking has been kicked up a notch over the last year and this recipe is proof of that. On Sunday Chris and I bought all of the ingredients at our local farmers market and enjoyed homemade soup with grilled cheese sandwiches. I must say the meal was a little slice of heaven. This is a really simple recipe and the process is quite relaxing, give it a try!
Homemade Tomato Soup
Ingredients
- 3 tablespoons good olive oil
- 1 1/2 cups chopped red onions (2 onions)
- 2 carrots, unpeeled and chopped
- 1 tablespoon minced garlic
- 4 pounds vine-ripened tomatoes, coarsely chopped (5 large)
- 1 1/2 teaspoons sugar
- 1 tablespoon tomato paste
- 1/4 cup packed chopped fresh basil leaves, plus julienned basil leaves, for garnish
- 3 cups chicken stock, preferably homemade
- 1 tablespoon kosher salt
- 2 teaspoons freshly ground black pepper
- 3/4 cup heavy cream
Instructions
- 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.
This look SO good!
Wow-those are spectacular tomatoes and the soup looks great. I want to try this-we have soup every Tuesday for dinner and am looking for some good recipes!
Wow, we're both in soup making today, the tomatoes look great. happy rednesday.
Ann
One of my most favorite meals is a grilled cheese sandwich with a bowl of tomato soup! This looks yummy and seems pretty easy to make. Thanks for sharing!
Happy REDnesday!
Carol
I'm with Carol above me – tomato soup and grilled cheese YUM YUM YUM!
Thank you so much for sharing your recipe and gorgeous photos with us, I'll look forward to making this!
Happy Rednesday,
Sally
Oh, tomato soup and grilled cheese = YUM!! Especially when the soup is a wonderful homemade made with beautiful heirloom tomatoes 🙂
Blessings!
Gail
Looks delicious!!! Thanks for sharing it!
Looks so yummy! Tomato soup and grilled cheese, it doesn't get any better than that.
Happy Rednesday,
Annette
I am definitely trying this one. It looks so good! By the way, did you actually use a food mill or did you just push everything through a strainer?
I just have a manual food mill that I push it through. I picked it up at Macy's for around $10. The sales lady said she makes a lot of soups and uses the one I bought, it works just as well as the fancy ones and it less hassle to store.
This looks so good! I love the color it has. This looks simple, rustic and delicious! Perfect-thanks for sharing.
Shannon
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Delicious!!!
I loves me some tomato soup. Your recipe is very similar to one I had years ago but lost. I will creating this in the very near future. Just in time for soup weather too. Thanks!