Roasted-tomato basil soup from The Barefoot Contessa Cookbook (page 84) by Ina Garten

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  • averythingcooks on May 12, 2023

    I had a feeling about this (as written) but with some Roma tomatoes to rescue, I gave it a try. And yes...I'm still not fond of tomato soup with a lot of texture. And so after the food mill (and a taste), I ran it in the blender & then pushed it through a strainer to the super smooth soup I prefer. The flavours here are good but I did think it needed a bit of brightness at the end so I finished it with a splash of balsamic and some (Vivian Howard) herbdacious. I glad I tried it, but I won't repeat it.

  • pastaplease on April 07, 2022

    Made as written (all the basil, canned and fresh tomatoes) - absolutely best tomato soup and it freezes really well, too. I make this often.

  • anya_sf on January 09, 2020

    I made the soup one day ahead using half chicken broth, half water. The food mill wasn't too difficult for once and gave it a nice texture. The soup was quite good hot or cold. Either way, it's probably best with the recommended dollop of creme fraiche to round out the flavor (it doesn't need the extra basil).

  • sdutton on October 10, 2019

    I didn't exactly make this soup. This was the first time I made a homemade tomato soup and I was afraid using so much basil would overpower the soup. I just served the soup with basil chiffonade on the finished soup but otherwise followed the recipe to a T. WOW. This was soooo good. Next time I will trust the recipe and add the basil as written. Until then, I am happily enjoying my Roasted-tomato soup.

  • Laura on August 27, 2014

    Pg. 84. Another winner from Ina Garten. Loved this soup! The basil flavor really shines through. I was concerned about using canned tomatoes in addition to the fresh for fear that the soup would not seem as fresh, but I really don't think it had any effect on that. I'll be making this again very soon!

  • dmass on January 07, 2013

    This is a delicious soup. We make this with fresh tomatoes and basil from our garden. We substitute fresh tomatoes for the canned.

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