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Rustic Tomato Basil Soup
4 servings · 40 min total
A smooth, comforting tomato soup deepened with sweet carrot and garlic, blended with basil, and enriched with a swirl of cream.
Ingredients
- 3 tbsp olive oil
- 1 onion, chopped
- 1 carrot, diced
- 4 garlic, minced
- 1 tbsp tomato paste
- 800 g canned tomatoes
- 6 dl vegetable stock
- 1 tsp white sugar
- 5 tbsp fresh basil, chopped
- 1 dl heavy cream
- salt to taste
- black pepper to taste
Contains: Milk, Celery
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Method
- 1.
Soften the onion and carrot — Heat the olive oil in a pot and soften the onion and carrot for 7 minutes.
- 2.
Cook garlic and tomato paste — Add the garlic and tomato paste and cook for 2 minutes.
- 3.
Simmer the tomato soup — Add the canned tomatoes, vegetable stock, and sugar, season, and simmer for 20 minutes.
- 4.
Blend the soup smooth — Add most of the basil, then blend the soup until smooth.
- 5.
Stir in cream and serve — Stir in the cream, warm through, and serve topped with the remaining basil.