Easy Tomato Soup

Serve with grilled cheese for the ultimate chilly day comfort meal.

By: NatashasKitchen.com


Servings: 8 (1 cup portions)
Total Time: 30 minutes

Ingredients

  • 4 Tbsp unsalted butter
  • 2 yellow onions, (3 cups finely chopped)
  • 3 garlic cloves, (1 Tbsp minced)
  • 56 oz crushed tomatoes, (two, 28-oz cans) with their juice, preferably San Marzano
  • 2 cups chicken stock
  • 1/4 cup chopped fresh basil, plus more to serve
  • 1 Tbsp sugar, or added to taste
  • 1/2 tsp black pepper, or to taste
  • 1/2 cup heavy whipping cream, or to taste to combat acidity
  • 1/3 cup parmesan cheese, freshly grated, plus more to serve

Instructions

  1. Heat a nonreactive pot or enameled dutch oven over medium heat. Add butter then add chopped onions. Sauté 10-12 minutes, stirring occasionally, until softened and golden. Add minced garlic and sauté 1 minute until fragrant.
  2. Add crushed tomatoes with their juice, chicken stock, chopped basil, sugar (or add sugar to taste), and black pepper. Stir together and bring to a boil then reduce heat, partially cover with lid and simmer for 10 minutes.
  3. You can leave your soup with a chunky consistency, but if you like a blended/creamy soup, use an immersion blender to blend the soup in the pot to desired consistency or transfer to a blender in batches and blend until smooth (being careful not to over-fill the blender with hot liquid and pulse a few times initially to get it started), then return blended soup to the pot over medium heat.
  4. Add 1/2 cup heavy cream, 1/3 cup freshly grated parmesan cheese and return to a simmer. Season to taste with salt and pepper if needed and turn off the heat.*
  5. Ladle into warm bowls and top with more parmesan and chopped fresh basil.

Abigail Bazar

Abby manages the online presence and communications at Nathan Ziegler & Associates.