Homemade Tomato Soup

Serves: 3

Roxane Raynor

1 January 1970

Based on User reviews:

59

Spice

47

Sweetness

51

Sourness

37

mins

Prep time (avg)

5.1

Difficulty

Ingredients:

1

Salt

1 stalk

Celery (diced)

1 small

Carrot (diced)

2 cloves

Garlic (minced)

2 tbsps

Butter

Directions:

1

Watch how to make this recipe

2

Preheat oven to 450 degrees F

3

Strain the chopped canned tomatoes, reserving the juices, and spread onto a baking sheet, season with salt and pepper, to taste, drizzle with 1/4 cup of the olive oil and roast until caramelized, about 15 minutes

4

Meanwhile, in a saucepan, heat remaining olive oil over medium-low heat

5

Add the celery, carrot, onion and garlic, cook until softened, about 10 minutes

6

Add the roasted chopped canned tomatoes, reserved tomato juices, chicken broth, bay leaf and butter

7

Simmer until vegetables are very tender, about 15 to 20 minutes

8

Add basil and cream, if using

9

Puree with a hand held immersion blender until smooth