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This fresh tomato basil soup recipe is truly delicious and can be served hot as well as cold tomato soup for the warm summer’s day. This recipe for tomato basil soup is an “easy tomato soup recipe” and it takes only 30 min from start to finish. Also if you like creamy tomato basil soup – you can make it as creamy as you like by adding a minimum chicken stock during cooking, just to cover vegetables and then adding more at the end if required. Please note this is a spicy tomato soup recipe – if don’t like spicy, exclude the chillies from the recipe for tomato soup.
500g (1.1 lb) very ripe tomatoes with their stalks (but not stems), chopped into chunks with their stalks for extra flavour
400g (14 oz) tin of plum tomatoes
2 celery sticks, chopped
2 tbsp olive oil
1 carrot, chopped
1 medium onion, chopped
1 litre (2 pints) of reduced sodium (salt) chicken stock
3 garlic cloves, crushed
Large bunch of basil, chopped
Bay leaves
¼ tsp chilli flakes or 1 fresh chilli
Cooking Instruction:
1. Add olive, chilli flakes, garlic, bay leaves, and onion to a saucepan. Set it over a low heat for a few seconds until the garlic and onion begin to sizzle and add the carrot and celery. Cook gently until soft, stirring well.
2. Add fresh tomato to the pan, and allow stewing for a few minutes. Add plum tomatoes and stir. Add just enough chicken stock to cover, stir again and bring it to the boil, cover, turn down the heat to simmer and cook for another 10 min. Add half of the basil and continue to cook for 5 min.
3. Tip the mixture into a food processor and add the remaining fresh basil. Blitz until finely chopped but not completely smooth. Pass through a conical sieve into a clean pan and heat gently until warm not hot – you want to retain the fresh tomato and basil flavour. If you want to achieve thinner consistency add some more stock.
4. Season, add ground black pepper to taste and serve in warm bowls.
*Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet. Your Daily Values may be higher or lower depending on your calorie needs.
The information provided here is approximate and does not include: possible substitutions, optional ingredients and ingredients to taste. How did we calculate it? Read more: Nutritional Value of Food and Recipes Guidelines