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Classic Tomato and Basil Soup

Tomato and basil soup. A classic Italian recipe and a firm favorite in our house. I serve it with cheese and chive scones which really adds to the tomato and basil soup and make it a hearty meal. Fantastic for these cold winter days. Yum!

What’s also great with this soup is that only tomato and basil soup base is made first. The finish to serve is simple by adding some milk. The base tomato and basil soup, however, is very versatile and can be kept in the fridge or frozen, or even used as the base for a pasta sauce. Add some mushrooms or pancetta. Yummy. Or even some chili, olives, capers and anchovies for a classic puttanesca recipe! Simple.

For now, though, let’s make the soup…

Traditional and classic tomato and basil soup. What a recipe! Tasty, creamy and at only 169 calories per serving, very healthy too!! If you miss out the scones... ???? Yum! | theyumyumclub.com

Classic tomato and basil soup



1. Get the ingredients together

As always, I recommend getting all of the preparation done first. There’s just a little chopping here with the carrots, onions, celery and potato, but this is only rough chopping. You’ll blend this soup once cooked, so no need for perfection here.

Traditional and classic tomato and basil soup. What a recipe! Tasty, creamy and at only 169 calories per serving, very healthy too!! If you miss out the scones... ???? Yum! | theyumyumclub.com

Get the ingredients together



2. Make the soup base

To make the basic tomato and basil soup, first, simply heat the oil over medium heat in a large saucepan or casserole pot and add the carrots, onions, potatoes, and celery. Sweat these off until the onion is soft. Try not to burn the onion otherwise it may add a slightly bitter taste to the soup.

Traditional and classic tomato and basil soup. What a recipe! Tasty, creamy and at only 169 calories per serving, very healthy too!! If you miss out the scones... ???? Yum! | theyumyumclub.com

Slowly sweat the vegetables off

With the vegetables partly cooked add the tomato puree and mix thoroughly around the vegetables. The, add the tinned tomatoes, the passata, bay leaf, white wine vinegar and sugar. Stir this in well and bring to a simmer.

Traditional and classic tomato and basil soup. What a recipe! Tasty, creamy and at only 169 calories per serving, very healthy too!! If you miss out the scones... ???? Yum! | theyumyumclub.com

Add the tomatoes and passata



Once simmering, add the vegetable stock and bring to a simmer again. This now needs to be cooked through until the vegetables are soft. Around 15-20 minutes. Remember, you will blend this soup so the softer the vegetables the better.

Traditional and classic tomato and basil soup. What a recipe! Tasty, creamy and at only 169 calories per serving, very healthy too!! If you miss out the scones... ???? Yum! | theyumyumclub.com

Cook through until the vegetables are soft

Once the vegetables are cooked add the basil and stir in.

Traditional and classic tomato and basil soup. What a recipe! Tasty, creamy and at only 169 calories per serving, very healthy too!! If you miss out the scones... ???? Yum! | theyumyumclub.com

Add the basil and stir in

Once the basil has been consumed by the soup you can now finish the base tomato and basil soup by blending it in a food processor. A hand blender is fine but if you have a larger food processor use this. Blend in batches if you have made a larger quantity.

Once blended add back to the pot and mix well. Re-heat through and season to taste. There you have it. The basic tomato and basil soup.



3. Finishing the soup off

As I mentioned at the start of this post, this tomato and basil soup base will probably appear quite thick at this point. This is ok as this is the base. It is at this stage you need to decide what you want to do with it. If you want to eat the soup later in the day, or tomorrow, simply keep it in your fridge until you are ready. The same if you plan to use it for pasta.

For any time longer than 1- 2 days I recommend freezing it. It will keep for around a month. Just defrost thoroughly in the fridge before use.

When you want to finish the soup, just reheat until it simmers. Then allow it to cool for a minute or so and add the milk. Heat this through, avoiding any boiling if you can, and serve. Yum!

Traditional and classic tomato and basil soup. What a recipe! Tasty, creamy and at only 169 calories per serving, very healthy too!! If you miss out the scones... ???? Yum! | theyumyumclub.com

Classic tomato and basil soup

As you can see, I served the soup with cheese and chive scones. I actually broke them up and used them as croutons. They were fantastic. If you want to give the scones a go too just click on the photo below and it will take you to the recipe.

Cheese and chive scones. I love these savoury beauties. Serve with just a good helping of butter, or use as croutons with some wonderful warming soup. Yum! | theyumyumclub.com

Cheese and chive scones

Well, that’s it my fine foodie friends. Classic tomato and basil soup in the bag! I hope you give it a go. Let me know if you do. I’d love to know how you get on. Also, if you want to be updated on new recipes and general posts just subscribe to the newsletter at the top of this page.



As always, many thanks for ready and until next time… Steve.

 

 

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Traditional and classic tomato and basil soup. What a recipe! Tasty, creamy and at only 169 calories per serving, very healthy too!! If you miss out the scones... ???? Yum! | theyumyumclub.com
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Tomato and Basil Soup
Prep Time
10 mins
Cook Time
20 mins
Total Time
30 mins
 

Traditional and classic tomato and basil soup. What a recipe! Tasty, creamy and at only 189 calories per serving, very healthy too!! If you miss out the scones... ???? Yum! | theyumyumclub.com

Course: Appetizer, Soup
Cuisine: English, Italian
Keyword: Basil, carrot, Soup, tomato
Servings: 4
Ingredients
  • 1 onion, chopped
  • 1 carrot chopped
  • 1 celery stick, chopped
  • 2 potatoes, chopped
  • 1 bay leaf
  • 2 tbsp tomato puree
  • 1 tsp sugar
  • 3.5 cups cooked tinned plum tomatoes Metric 800 grams
  • 40 fl oz vegetable stock Metric 1.2 litre
  • 6.75 fl oz milk Metric 200 ml
  • 1 tsp white wine vinegar
  • 1 cup passata Metric 250 grams
  • 1 bunch of fresh basil
  • 2 tbsp olive oil
Instructions
  1. First, get all of the ingredients together.

    Traditional and classic tomato and basil soup. What a recipe! Tasty, creamy and at only 169 calories per serving, very healthy too!! If you miss out the scones... ???? Yum! | theyumyumclub.com
  2. Next, heat the oil over medium heat and add the carrot, carrots, potatoes and onion and sweat off until the onion has softened. Do not burn the onion.

    Traditional and classic tomato and basil soup. What a recipe! Tasty, creamy and at only 169 calories per serving, very healthy too!! If you miss out the scones... ???? Yum! | theyumyumclub.com
  3. Now, stir in the tomato puree. Then add the tinned tomatoes, passata, sugar, white wine vinegar, and bay leaf and bring to a simmer.

    Traditional and classic tomato and basil soup. What a recipe! Tasty, creamy and at only 169 calories per serving, very healthy too!! If you miss out the scones... ???? Yum! | theyumyumclub.com
  4. Now, add the vegetable and continue to simmer for around 20 minutes or until the vegetables have softened.

    Traditional and classic tomato and basil soup. What a recipe! Tasty, creamy and at only 169 calories per serving, very healthy too!! If you miss out the scones... ???? Yum! | theyumyumclub.com
  5. Once the vegetables have softened add the remaining basil.

    Traditional and classic tomato and basil soup. What a recipe! Tasty, creamy and at only 169 calories per serving, very healthy too!! If you miss out the scones... ???? Yum! | theyumyumclub.com
  6. Now, using a food processor or a stick blender, blend all of the soup to a puree and add back to the pan. This is the base soup and can be kept in the fridge for up to 48 hours or be frozen for up to a month. Remember to defrost thoroughly before use.

  7. To serve the soup add them ilk and heat through until fully absorbed.

    Traditional and classic tomato and basil soup. What a recipe! Tasty, creamy and at only 169 calories per serving, very healthy too!! If you miss out the scones... ???? Yum! | theyumyumclub.com
  8. Season the soup to taste and serve on its own or with tasty cheese and chive scones. Yum!

    Traditional and classic tomato and basil soup. What a recipe! Tasty, creamy and at only 169 calories per serving, very healthy too!! If you miss out the scones... ???? Yum! | theyumyumclub.com




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  1. whocares

    January 14, 2019 at 11:59 am

    where’s the recipe????

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    • steven.deacon

      January 14, 2019 at 2:05 pm

      Apologies my friend. I’m not sure what happened there. Anyway, all sorted now. You can view and print the recipe as you need.

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