5/28/2011 Basket - Tomato Basil Soup

If you like to get Tomato Basil Soup at restaurants, this recipe is NOT for you.  Because after you eat it, you will never again be able to enjoy restaurant Tomato Basil.  It can never taste this good.  Also, you ought to know that I blame this soup for single-handedly adding on one pound to each of my hips this last month.  For the record, it was sooooooo worth it.

Tomato Basil Soup
Uses: Tomatoes

 

I stole this picture off the internet.  But it looks like my soup.  Minus the good photography skills.

6 tomatoes, peeled, seeded, and diced

1 (11.5 oz) can tomato-vegetable juice cocktail

1 (14.5 oz) can chicken broth

20 fresh* basil leaves, chopped

1 cup heavy cream

1/4 cup butter or margarine

Combine tomatoes, vegetable juice, and chicken broth in a large sauce pan over med-high heat. Bring to a boil, then drop heat to low and simmer for 30 minutes. Add basil and puree soup in a blender. Return soup to pan over med-low, add cream and butter, and stir til butter is melted.

*or 1 t dry basil, but it won't be nearly as good