Tomato & basil soup

Tomato & basil soup

Open the cupboard and make the most of tinned tomatoes with this super fast soup

Difficulty and servings

Easy

Serves 2

Preparation and cooking times

Total time

Ready in 30 minutes

Method

  1. Cook the onion, carrot, celery and crushed garlic in the olive oil, until softened. Add the tinned tomatoes and vegetable stock. Simmer for 15 minutes.
  2. Whizz in a blender. Stir in the double cream and a handful chopped basil.
Try

Winter gazpacho

Put 2 drained tins plum tomatoes, 1 chopped red onion, 1/2 chopped cucumber, 1 chopped red pepper, 1 chopped garlic clove, 200ml vegetable stock, 2 tbsp sherry vinegar in a blender. Whizz until smooth and season well. Chill for 2-3 hours. Serve chilled, topped with diced cucumber, hardboiled egg, red onion, red pepper and croutons.

Recipe from olive magazine, February 2009.

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  • 03 December 2011

    Rebecca rated and commented on this recipe

    5 stars

    So easy and delicious!

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  • 05 January 2012

    Emmac8007 rated and commented on this recipe

    5 stars

    Best tomato soup ever!!! Try with toasted ciabatta bread!

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  • 07 January 2012

    yorkshireboy commented on this recipe

    tried this recipe just before xmas was perfect warmer on a cold winter day

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    06 February 2012

    Sue rated and commented on this recipe

    5 stars

    A lovely easy soup to make. Not a celery lover so left it out and added a handful of red lentils which also thickened the soup a bit. Will definately be making again.

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  • 11 February 2012

    Foodie rated and commented on this recipe

    5 stars

    Quick, easy and very tasty. I spiced it up a bit by adding a chilli, delicious!

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  • 19 February 2012

    Sasher commented on this recipe

    This is so easy to make and tastes absolutely gorgeous. Cant wait for leftovers tomorrow.

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  • 26 February 2012

    minimum68 commented on this recipe

    Made this soup for the first time, and its delicious..will be making again with the added ingredient of red pepper and omitting the basil. Very easy to make

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  • 02 March 2012

    the Frenchie rated and commented on this recipe

    5 stars

    I made this soup but didn't blend it as I didn't have a blender but it tasted really nice!

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  • 25 March 2012

    minimum68 rated and commented on this recipe

    5 stars

    Forgot to rate this soup!!..

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  • 28 March 2012

    Sasher rated and commented on this recipe

    5 stars

    This was actually cheaper to make than buying a tin of tomato soup as I had everything already apart from the celery. I used low fat cream cheese instead of the cream. Even tasted better then the stuff you can buy.

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  • 05 April 2012

    Fiona G rated and commented on this recipe

    5 stars

    Delicious!

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  • 08 April 2012

    same965 rated this recipe

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  • 10 April 2012

    shazzas Recipes rated and commented on this recipe

    5 stars

    hubby loved it and i added a red pepper and a splash of lea and perrins too

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  • 11 April 2012

    GhibliGirl rated and commented on this recipe

    4 stars

    Tasty soup, but a little too like a rich Italian tomato sauce for pasta. Nice all the same.

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  • 01 May 2012

    Sarahdra commented on this recipe

    This was so good, and so easy to make. Left out the celery and doubled the amount of stock, also used more garlic and added some tomato puree for extra flavour. I didn't have cream so I just added a bit of milk. Cooked it for my brother and he said it was delicious!

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  • 17 May 2012

    SMacLeod rated and commented on this recipe

    5 stars

    best soup i have ever made great and simple

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  • 17 May 2012

    SMacLeod commented on this recipe

    best soup i have ever made great and simple

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  • 30 May 2012

    annac77 rated and commented on this recipe

    5 stars

    Quick and easy, fantastic to make when you need to make a quick lunch for people who turn up unexpected.

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    23 June 2012

    Lel commented on this recipe

    absolutely DEVINE

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  • 10 August 2012

    Leah2302 commented on this recipe

    Really really easy. I use fresh cherry tomatoes instead of tinned as I live in China and can't buy them. Do you think it would taste weird if you added cream cheese?

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Difficulty and servings

Easy

Serves 2

Preparation and cooking times

Total time

Ready in 30 minutes

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