Homemade Tomato Soup
Homemade Tomato Soup. Quick and easy to make, even using good quality canned tomatoes. Makes an ideal, warm, comfort food lunch accompanied by a perfectly crispy and gooey grilled cheese sandwich.
Any good tomato soup is going to depend upon the quality of the tomatoes. In late summer, the reddest, vine ripened tomatoes will always make the best soup.
But don't despair, a tasty tomato soup is easy to make from good quality canned tomatoes too.
My preference is for the deeply flavourful Italian imported San Marzano tomatoes. They are great quality at a reasonable price.
Any good name brand canned tomatoes will do though. Just try to get them without added garlic, herbs or spices, you'll want to add all that yourself in this recipe.
One of the key elements for me in this recipe is the white pepper used to season the soup. Along with the background flavour of the bay leaves, white pepper adds a subtle warmth to the soup.
It's a warmth like using fresh ginger in other pureed soups. Just delicious.
In summer, or if you have access to them, an equal quantity of diced red, vine ripened tomatoes can easily be used in place of the canned.
Keeping it simple is what is going to make this recipe a success. Simple ingredients, seasoning and preparation will make sure the tomato flavour is still front and centre in this soup.
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Originally published Jan, 2017
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Homemade Tomato Soup
Homemade Tomato Soup - quick and easy to make, even using good quality canned tomatoes. Makes an ideal, warm, comfort food lunch accompanied by a perfectly crispy and gooey grilled cheese sandwich.
Ingredients
- 1 large white onion, diced small
- 4 cloves garlic, minced
- 3 tablespoon olive oil
- 2 28-ounce cans diced or pureed tomatoes, (7 cups)
- 2 cups vegetable stock, (Low or no sodium added)
- 2 tablespoon honey
- ½ teaspoon white pepper, (up to 1 tsp; to taste)
- 3 leaves bay
- salt to season
- 1 ½ teaspoon dried oregano
Instructions
- Add the olive oil, onion and garlic to a dutch oven or large saucepan and sauté over medium low heat until the onions have fully cooked and softened.
- Add the rest of the ingredients and simmer for 30-40 minutes, stirring often.
- Remove the bay leaves and purée with an immersion blender until smooth. You can also use a regular blender during the soup in 2 or 3 batches as necessary. Be sure that the lid to the blender is vented or pressure can build up inside and the cover will blow off, creating a very messy kitchen. Not that that's ever happened to me. 😉
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Nutrition Information
Yield
8Serving Size
1/Amount Per Serving Calories 142Total Fat 6gSaturated Fat 1gTrans Fat 0gUnsaturated Fat 4gSodium 515mgCarbohydrates 22gFiber 4gSugar 14gProtein 3g
You don't realize until you've done it a few times how seriously easy making from-scratch tomato soup is! Awesome recipe! We love to add a little basil and dill as well.
ever done this in a pressure cooker or especially in the new Instant Pot?
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Really good. Added smoked provolone cheese , grated to the bowls
Question...do I drain the canned tomatoes?
No.
Just wondering about your thoughts on canned diced tomatoes. While watching ATK on PBS,they suggested not buying canned diced tomatoes because they have been "treated" to maintain their dice. Using canned tomatoes is fine,just not the diced kind. I am going to try this soup this week. Enjoy your posts.
I've never heard that. In general I buy whole tomatoes and puree them for sauces, etc. San Marzano is my go-to canned tomatoes.
Brenda. Chan from Canada Ontario I really like to try the moist and light sandwich bread recipe but the measurements have to be in weight to ensure accurate can you include the weight gram etc. Thank very much !
Are you talking about our homemade white bread recipe?
Can I use fresh tomatoes from our garden and how many would do you think ?
Sure. I'd just dice them small and measure them as in the recipe.
First off, Thank you very much for creating your site, your recipes are fantastic...
and I am going to make this soup, as soon as it gets a little cooler here in Ontario,
with oven roasted tomatoes, I have been roasting and freezing them, I can't wait.
Thank you, for being so good in the kitchen, and sharing...
cheers, Linda
Roasting my "older" store bought tomatoes would probably bring out great flavour. I'm going to do this today! Thanks for the idea.
Thanks for the recipe. I made this with my home canned tomatoes & homemade chicken broth. Spiced it up with some fall flavours (smoked paprika, cinnamon). Very tasty.
Made this for dinner tonight along with grilled cheese sandwiches for dipping. So easy and SO yummy! I don't keep vegetable stock on hand, so I used chicken broth instead. We were not disappointed! No need for any added salt if you go this route. Also had some fresh grape tomatoes that i peeled and used. This is now my go to tomatoes soup recipe. Thank you!!
Delicious soup. Have made it with fresh and canned tomatoes. Good either way. I top it with fresh basil and parmesan ribbons.
Can I use fresh tomatoes? 7 cups?
Have you ever added milk or cream to this recipe? Do you think that would be a good addition?