Easy (Long Cooking) Tomato Bisque
- Ready In:
- 1hr 30mins
- Ingredients:
- 15
- Serves:
-
8
ingredients
- 1 medium onion, diced
- 4 garlic cloves, minced
- 1 tablespoon butter
- 1 tablespoon oil
- 1 (6 ounce) can tomato paste
- 2 (28 ounce) cans diced tomatoes
- 2 -3 cups stock (vegetable or chicken)
- 1 tablespoon fresh basil, chopped
- 1 tablespoon sweet paprika
- 1 teaspoon dried Italian seasoning
- 1 -2 bay leaf
- 2 teaspoons balsamic vinegar
- 1 -2 teaspoon honey
- 1⁄2 - 1 cup heavy cream or 1/2-1 cup light cream
- salt and pepper, to taste
directions
- On a medium low heat, saute onions until soft and light brown.
- Add garlic, and continue to saute until fragrant and light brown. Reduce heat if necessary to keep from burning.
- Add tomato paste to pan, and continue to cook on low, stirring often, until tomato paste turns dark red.
- Add all of the remaining ingredients except for cream and salt and pepper.
- Raise heat to medium high, bringing the soup to a boil.
- Reduce heat again to medium low, and cook until volume of the soup reduces approximately 1/3 or until thickened to an almost sauce-like consistency.
- Remove bay leaves. Blend soup to a smooth consistency using either a hand blender or blender.
- In pan, add cream in the amount needed to reach a bisque consistency.
- Add salt and pepper and adjust any seasoning to your preference.
- Note: For a flavor boost to a vegetarian version, look for canned roasted tomatoes which will add a smoky flavor. A dash of liquid smoke also does the trick if you like the flavor. I also like cajun seasoning in almost everything -- use at will.
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RECIPE SUBMITTED BY
LeeDelaino
United States