Hey everyone, it is Drew, welcome to our recipe page. Today, I’m gonna show you how to prepare a distinctive dish, creamy tomato basil soup. It is one of my favorites. For mine, I am going to make it a little bit tasty. This is gonna smell and look delicious.

Creamy Tomato Basil Soup is one of the most well liked of recent trending meals on earth. It’s enjoyed by millions daily. It’s easy, it’s quick, it tastes delicious. Creamy Tomato Basil Soup is something that I have loved my entire life. They are nice and they look wonderful.

To get started with this recipe, we must prepare a few ingredients. You can cook creamy tomato basil soup using 20 ingredients and 7 steps. Here is how you can achieve that.

The ingredients needed to make Creamy Tomato Basil Soup:

1. Get 2 tbs butter
2. Prepare 1 tsp olive oil
3. Make ready 1 medium onion - chopped
4. Prepare 3 cloves garlic - crushed
5. Take 2 (14.5 oz) cans whole tomatoes - drained
6. Get 6 cups tomato juice
7. Make ready 4-6 tbs granulated sugar
8. Get 2 tsp chicken soup base (or 2 cubes bullion)
9. Make ready 1/4 tsp black pepper
10. Take to taste sea salt
11. Make ready 1 cup evaporated milk
12. Take 1/4 cup chopped fresh basil
13. Prepare Optional garnishes (per bowl)
14. Get 1 tsp chiffonade of fresh basil
15. Take 1 tsp chopped fresh parsley
16. Prepare 3-4 seasoned croutons
17. Take 2 tsp shredded mozzarella or parmesan
18. Prepare couple dashes Tabasco sauce
19. Prepare drizzle of extra virgin olive oil
20. Prepare pinch cayenne powder or smoked paprika

Steps to make Creamy Tomato Basil Soup:

1. Melt butter with olive oil in a 3 to 4 quart stock pot over medium heat. Add onions and garlic. Sautee until onions are translucent. About 5 - 7 minutes.
2. Transfer onion and garlic to blender. Add drained cans of whole tomatoes. Cover and pulse until you have a coarse puree. Note: You may want to vent the lid slightly so steam doesn't pop the lid off.
3. Transfer puree back to stockpot over medium high heat. Add tomato juice, soup base and 3 tbs of the sugar. Taste and add up to 1 more tbs sugar at this time. Note: The sugar is used to help cut the acidity of the tomatoes. The acidity of tomatoes can vary from batch to batch so always start low when adding the sugar.
4. Bring to a boil, reduce heat to medium and simmer uncovered for 20 - 25 minutes to reduce slightly (about the consistency of a thin gravy). Taste soup after it has reduced. Add pepper, salt to taste, and up to 2 tbs more sugar as needed/desired (I normally use the full 6 tbs).
5. Reduce heat to low. Once soup has stopped bubbling stir in evaporated milk until well incorporated. Then stir in chopped basil. Cover and let sit about 5 minutes for flavors to blend.
6. Dish up and garnish with any combination of suggested garnishes above.
7. Alternate version: For a smoother consistency, before adding evaporated milk carefully run soup through a fine mesh sieve to remove all the solids. Return to pot, then add evaporated milk and basil as in step 5.

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