Creamy Tomato Soup
you know your soup is a success when your husband cleans up his bowl with a piece of bread to not leave any bits of it left in there. and when your dad who usually isn’t fond of tomato-based anything rants and raves about it. ahm just sayin’.
for an awesome meal, serve with cheezy quackers!
1 tablespoon (14 g) nondairy butter
1 tablespoon (15 ml) extra-virgin olive oil
1/4 cup (40 g) chopped shallot
2 cloves garlic, grated
32 ounces (946 ml) tomato juice
28 ounces (794 g) diced tomatoes, with juice
4 sun-dried tomatoes packed in oil, drained, finely chopped
1 tablespoon (17 g) tomato paste
2 teaspoons dried basil
1 teaspoon dried thyme
1 dried bay leaf
1 teaspoon fine sea salt, to taste
1 teaspon ground black pepper, to taste
1/2 cup (120 g) nondairy sour cream or cream cheese
In a large saucepan, melt butter and oil on medium heat. Cook shallots and garlic for 2 minutes.
Add tomato juice, diced tomatoes, chopped sun-dried tomatoes, tomato paste, herbs, salt, and pepper. Bring to a low boil. Cover with a lid and simmer for 15 minutes.
Stir in sour cream until well blended. Remove from heat. Discard bay leaf.
With an immersion blender or in a countertop blender, purée until smooth.
Yield: 4 servings
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August 16, 2007 at 9:27 pm
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mama kelly said,
September 11, 2007 at 1:00 am
I love how this one includes sun dried tomatoes and lots of herbs. It sounds really good and a lighter version of the heavy soup that I usually serve when we are craving tomato soup.
Mama Kelly
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Arine said,
October 17, 2007 at 6:01 pm
I LOVE this soup (although I leave the tofutti cream cheese out, you can only buy the hydrogenated version here, so I save that for the lemony french cake as a special treat, but still, this soup is so good…
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Celine said,
October 18, 2007 at 6:54 am
I’m glad you like it, Arine!! :D
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textual bulldog said,
October 23, 2007 at 12:32 am
Yay, I finally made this! It was SO SO SOOOOOOOO good! Thanks for all your awesomeness, Celine :)
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textual bulldog said,
October 23, 2007 at 12:33 am
P.S. Although, this soup really reminded me why I want an immersion blender… sigh.
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Anonymous said,
April 26, 2008 at 2:51 pm
IM trying this soup today and was wondering if I could use regular cream cheese?
Thank You
Lamont
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Celine said,
April 26, 2008 at 4:29 pm
I’m sure you could, Lamont.
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subendra said,
May 25, 2008 at 8:13 am
I love all the recepie which are given above and i hope that i could make it well.
Thanks a lot .
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Nightgale said,
May 16, 2009 at 1:31 pm
I love Tomato soup! uuu! I have to try this one out! I was just wondering have you been to the Whole Food Market? they have this good soup call Tomato Caprese Soup? I am going to see if your soup is similar. Thank for the soup!
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Celine Reply:
May 16th, 2009 at 1:42 pm
I don’t have a WF market nearby, so I cannot tell you if it’s anything like it. if you get a chance, do let me know?
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Nightgale said,
June 4, 2009 at 8:14 am
I am going to cook this tonight! also.. I went to the Whole Food Market yesterday, printed me what in the Tomato Caprese Soup.
Tomatoes, onions, basil, garlic, butter, half and half cream, Parmesan,salt, mozzarella cheese,bay leaf, honey, nutmeg, olive oil, kosher salt, pepper, Italian seasoning (oregano, marjoram, thyme, rosemary, basil, sage)
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Nightgale said,
June 5, 2009 at 5:00 am
I did it!!! and its awesome!! when I maid it for my parent they ate it all up!!! I also add some Parmesan at the end and for tomato juice I add V-8 high fiber and the sun-dried I use the California sun-dry tomatoes !!! I believe that your recipe is better than the Whole Food Market!!! THANKS!!! for sharing this wonderful recipe! A million stars I will give to you for this recipe!!! also its very good with a herb Parmesan biscuit..Thank you!!!
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