Description
Roasted Tomato Soup with fresh tomatoes that are roasted and blended with lovely spices is a burst of flavours.
Ingredients
Scale
To Oven Roast:
- 5 Tomatoes
- 8 Garlic pods
- 1 teaspoon olive oil
- 1/2 teaspoon pepper powder
- 1/2 teaspoon salt.
To make Tomato basil soup:
- 1 teaspoon olive oil
- 1 onion
- 1/2 cup beetroot
- 5 to 6 leaves of fresh basil leaves.
- 1 teaspoon mixed Italian herbs
- 1/2 vegetable stock powder5
- 1/2 teaspoon pepper powder
- 2 fresh basil leaves
- 2.5 cups of water
- 1 teaspoon butter
- 1 teaspoon cream.
- 1 teaspoon salt.
Instructions
To oven Roast Tomato and garlic:
- Preheat your oven to 400 degrees F/ 200 degrees C for 10 minutes.
- On a baking tray, place the sliced tomato, garlic, drizzle some olive oil, pepper powder, and salt. Toss lightly and roast for 30 minutes.
To make Tomato Basil Soup:
- Heat olive oil in the saucepan, add sliced onion, cook till the onions turn to a light golden color.
- Add beetroot. Saute and cook for 6 to 7 minutes.
- Add the roasted tomato, garlic, caramelized onion and beetroot, and a bunch of basil leaves. Blend to a puree.
- Transfer the puree to a saucepan, add Italian mixed herbs, pepper powder, vegetable stock powder, a few sprigs of fresh basil leaves, and 2 or 3 cups of water.
- Bring to boil for 5 to 7 minutes.
- Add butter or cream and Turn off the heat.
- Roasted Tomato Basil Soup is Ready to be served.
Notes
• Always use ripe red tomatoes, to avoid the excess sourness.
• You can alter the texture of the soup by the way you purée the tomato mixture and by the addition of stock or cream
• If using canned tomatoes, choose the ones with low sodium content
- Category: Soup
- Method: stovetop and Baking
- Cuisine: Italian
Keywords: tomato basil soup, tomato basil soup recipe, tomato soup with basil
