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Basil Tomato Bisque
Built around crushed tomatoes and onion -- the method starts by melting the butter in a pot.
A silky, blended bowl that turns humble vegetables into pure comfort. Here it's built on crushed tomatoes, onion and garlic -- a medium, soup recipe that starts by melting the butter in a pot, and is ready in roughly 35 minutes.
A 35-minute cook time that's mostly hands-off simmering or roasting.
A few technique steps to focus on, but nothing that needs special equipment.
Built around crushed tomatoes, so the flavor comes from real ingredients, not a spice packet.
Ingredients
- 2 cans (14 oz each) crushed tomatoes
- 1 onion, chopped
- 2 cloves garlic, minced
- 2 cups stock
- 1/2 cup heavy cream
- 1 cup fresh basil, plus more to serve
- 2 tbsp butter, 1 tsp sugar, salt and pepper
Nutrition (estimated, per serving)
Calculated from this recipe's own ingredient list; treat as an estimate, not a lab measurement.
Method
Melt the butter in a pot and cook the onion 6-7 minutes until soft, then add the garlic for 1 minute.
Add the crushed tomatoes, stock, and sugar. Simmer 15 minutes.
Turn off the heat and add the fresh basil, then blend everything until very smooth (a bisque should be silky).
Return to low heat and stir in the cream.
Warm through gently without boiling.
Season to taste with salt and pepper.
Serve with a swirl of cream and extra basil on top.
The step worth not rushing: Turn off the heat and add the fresh basil, then blend everything until very smooth (a bisque should be silky).
