Creamy Tomato Basil Bisque with Parmesan Manchego Crostini
Serves 5-6
Prep Time: 20 minutes
Cook Time: 50 minutes
Ingredients:
1 large yellow onion, chopped
1 sweet red pepper, chopped
2 (14 1/2 oz) cans diced tomatoes
2 medium plum tomatoes, chopped
2/3 cup basil, chopped
3 tbs sugar
1 1/2 cups cream
Salt and pepper
Preparation:
1. Cook onion and red pepper in butter in a stew pot until soft.
2. Add diced tomatoes and fresh tomatoes. Stir and reduce heat. Cover and simmer for 40 minutes.
3. Remove from heat. Add sugar, basil, salt and pepper and stir.
4. With an immersion blender, blend ingredients until smooth. While blending slowly add cream.
5. Return to heat until heated through. Do not boil.
Recipe adapted from Taste of Home.
My boyfriend’s mom recently made a tomato basil soup and since I needed a reason to use my immersion blender for the first time, I decided to make some myself. It took a while to find one that included cream and it ended up being fantastic! It was sweet and had good chunks because of the fresh tomato. If you don’t have an immersion blender (get one, they’re awesome) you can add the soup to a blender and blend in batches. Don’t forget to add the cream while blending. I also accidentally bought diced tomatoes with garlic and onions and they turned out well so that’s an option. And who can have tomato basil bisque without crostinis? Here’s the info on those:
Cut a loaf of bread (I used Challa) on an angle. Put some dabs of butter on each slice and top with cheese of choice. I used Parmesan and Manchego. Heat in oven on 400 degrees until cheese is melted, about 10 minutes. Allow to cool and serve with bisque!
Taco!
The soup looks delicious. I sometimes roast the fresh tomatoes and onions — just cut in half (you can cut the onions into quarters), toss with some olive oil, salt and pepper and roast in the oven for about 45 minutes at 400. Roasted peppers might be could too but that’s more work. Anyway, you might want to give it a try. And you’re right about the immersion blender. It’s my new favorite toy.
Thanks! Roasting the tomatoes and onions sounds like a fantastic idea.
This really looks yummy! I love creamy tomato soups but haven’t tried one at home yet! Will definitely give this a try! 🙂
Thanks! It definitely turned out well and I would recommend it to any one who likes tomato!
Tried it today!!! I declare myself an addict!! The cream made it this special in my opinion 🙂 Yummie! Thanks a lot for this post Steph!
You are welcome! I am so glad I found this recipe and could share it!
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what kind of cream do you use?
Heavy cream or half and half works.