It’s tomato season! This homemade tomato soup is made with garden fresh tomatoes, basil, and garlic for the ultimate dreamy soup. Serve this up with a toasty grilled cheese for the ultimate nostalgic dinner! Live on the wild side – add crumbled bacon.
Ingredients:
- 3 1/2 pounds fresh tomatoes
- 1 full garlic head (about 6 cloves), peeled and smashed
- 1 white onion, roughly chopped
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 3 Tab olive oil
- 1 large handful of basil leaves
- 2 c chicken or vegetable broth
- 2 Tab cream (optional) fresh or sour
Directions:
- Preheat the oven to 375°F.
- Line a baking sheet with parchment paper.
- Place the tomatoes, garlic, and onion pieces on your prepared sheet.
- Sprinkle with salt and pepper,
- Drizzle with olive oil.
- Place in the oven for 1 hour or until the tomatoes are roasted all over and aromatic.
- Remove from the oven.
- Optional – remove the tomato skin.
- Place in a large pot or dutch oven with vegetable broth and basil.
- Cook over medium heat for 5 minutes.
- Use an immersion blender to blend to your desired consistency. If you like
chunks of tomatoes remaining, feel free to leave it a little chunky, or blend all the way to a creamy consistency. - Simmer for 10 to 15 minutes or until the soup has reduced slightly. This will help the flavor deepen!
- If using, add the cream.
- Stir to mix.
- Serve hot with fresh croutons and parmesan cheese, or serve up with a toasty grilled cheese. Enjoy!
Serves: 4
Source: Based on bromabakery.com/Ssrsh Crawford
Notes:
You can leave your tomatoes whole to roast them, or halve them and place them flat side down so they aren’t rolling around. Either will work!
- If you don’t have an immersion blender, you can also transfer the soup to a high powered blender or food processor and blend! Simply place back in the pot after blending and follow the rest to directions.
- Or, you can blend the roasted tomatoes, onion, garlic and basil before you add it to the broth.
- If you have a thing about tomato seeds, take them out before yolu roast the tomatoes.
- Cheat! If the tomatoes are not really summer tomatoes, add a can of tomato lpaste.