Tomato Basil Soup with Garlic Toasts
Tomato Basil Soup with Garlic Toasts — a soup recipe, 11 ingredients.
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Ingredients
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- 1 cup tomato paste
- ¾ cup heavy cream
- 18 oz tomato juice
- ½ cup chicken broth
- 1 tbsp kosher salt, divided
- 1 tbsp freshly-ground black pepper
- 2 Roma tomatoes, diced
- Extra-virgin olive oil
- 4 ea. ½-inch thick slices either French or Italian crusty white bread, cut on the bias
- ½ tsp garlic powder
- 2 large bunches fresh basil
Make it lactose-friendly
- ¾ cup heavy cream → lactose-free heavy cream or full-fat coconut cream
Steps
- Combine paste, juice, cream, broth, 2 tsp salt, 2 tsp pepper, and diced tomatoes in a large saucepan. Bring to a boil over medium high heat.
- Reduce heat to medium low and cook, stirring occasionally, until liquid has reduced by ⅓.
- Using an immersion blender, purée soup until smooth. Keep warm over low heat.
- Toast bread slices in the toaster oven. The second they come out, brush slices with olive oil and sprinkle with garlic and remaining salt and pepper. Set aside.
- Add basil leaves to tomato purée and let steep for 5 minutes over low heat. Remove leaves.
- Garnish individual bowls with sprigs of basil and serve warm with garlic toast.
Source
Wikibooks Cookbook — adapted under CC BY-SA 3.0