La Madeleine’s Tomato Basil Soup

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La Madeleine’s Tomato Basil Soup

Make a bowl of La Madeleine's Tomato Basil soup at home.

Course Soup

Cuisine French

Keyword La Madeleine Recipes, La Madeleine Tomato Basil Soup

Prep Time 10 minutes

Cook Time 30 minutes

Total Time 49 minutes

Servings

Calories 477kcal

Author Stephanie Manley

Ingredients

4 cups tomatoes peeled, cored and chopped, or 4 cup canned whole tomatoes, crushed4 cups tomatoes peeled, cored and chopped, or 4 cup canned whole tomatoes, crushed
4 cups tomato juice and part vegetable stock or chicken stock4 cups tomato juice and part vegetable stock or chicken stock
12 washed fresh basil leaves12 washed fresh basil leaves
1 cup heavy cream1 cup heavy cream
4 ounces unsalted butter4 ounces unsalted butter
salt to tastesalt to taste
1/4 teaspoon cracked black pepper1/4 teaspoon cracked black pepper

Instructions

Combine tomatoes, juice/and or stock in saucepan. Simmer 30 minutes. Puree, along with the basil leaves, in small batches, in blender, food processor (or better yet, one of those handy hand-held food blenders, right in the cooking pan). Return to saucepan and add cream and butter, while stirring over low heat. Garnish with basil leaves and serve with your favorite bread.

Recipe Tips

Stock variations:

If desired you can substitute the 4 cups of tomato juice with: vegetable stock, and/or chicken stock. Here are my recommended variations.

2 cups tomato juice and 2 cups of chicken stock - I personally think the flavor is more well rounded this way.
2 cups tomato juice and 2 cups of vegetable stock - perfect for when you want the soup vegetarian and not vegan.

I personally feel that swapping out all of the tomato juice takes away from the tomato flavor of the soup, but that is just me. I typically make the soup with all tomato juice, or half tomato juice, and half chicken stock.

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