Friday, March 4, 2011

Nordstrom's Tomato-Basil Soup

Trying out another soup recipe, this time a Tomato-Basil soup! I usually make Tyler Florence's Roasted Tomato Soup, which we love, it's very easy, a little more time consuming with the roasted tomatoes. But then I came upon this recipe, from Serious Eats!  I've had the original at lunch in Nordstrom's Cafe. It's so good at Nordstrom's. And it's just as good at home. We loved it. It has heavy cream in it and canned tomatoes, instead of fresh, so it's easy just to make for a last minute addition to a meal, which was just what I did!  And I adapted it to what I had on hand. And it was another very quick and very easy recipe.




Nordstrom's Tomato-Basil Soup
Source: original recipe @ Serious Eats
adapted by There's Always Thyme to Cook
Printable Recipe

4 tablespoons olive oil
1 bag shredded carrots, 4 large carrots (peeled) or a bag of baby carrots cut in smaller pieces
1 onion, sliced
1 tablespoon dried basil, crushed
2 28-ounce cans whole peeled Roma tomatoes
1 quart chicken broth
1 cup heavy cream
Salt and pepper to taste

In a large, heavy soup pot, heat the olive oil over medium-high heat. Add the carrots and onion and cook until the vegetables start to soften, about 10 minutes, then add basil and cook until vegetables are completely soft, about 5 or 10 minutes more.

Add tomatoes and broth, bring to a boil, then reduce heat and simmer 30 minutes.

Purée with an immersion blender, regular blender or a food processor until smooth, doing so in batches if necessary. Be careful, soup will be very hot! For a much smoother texture, you can strain the purée and return the soup to the pot. Simmer for another 15 minutes or more.

Stir in cream over low heat, until desired texture is reached and soup is just heated through. Season to taste with salt and pepper, and serve warm.




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The recipe for the Roasted Tomato Soup is here

25 comments:

  1. I love tomatoes, and this soup really has some nice flavors! great recipe, thank you!

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  2. Tomato soup is my go-to food when I'm feeling down or need to get cosy. Thanks for the new recipe!

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  3. I love how simple this recipe is... it looks creamy and delicious!

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  4. Never heard of Nordstrom's Tomato Soup. But the recipe has all my favorite components in it.


    And being mere inches away from freezing my ass-ertiveness off, I'm going to recreate it today.


    Stay warm, sweets.

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  5. I know you're a connoisseur of tomato soup recipes, Carol, so I trust your recommendation! This sounds great. What are those adorable little soup crackers?

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  6. Looks delicious and pretty easy to put together, which is a big plus...

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  7. Club Cracker Mini's, they're really nice little crackers! From Keebler.

    click here for Club Cracker Mini's!

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  8. Sol, I hope you never freeze you ass-ertiveness off! It won't be soup weather for long!

    thanks, everyone for the comments!

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  9. I posted soup as well today lol. I guess it is the time of year. This roasted tomato soup looks perfect.

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  10. That soup sounds and looks amazing. Tomatoes and basil are the best combination.
    Rita

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  11. The soup looks tasty! Tomato and basil are always great together.

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  12. I love tomato soup! like the Westminter puffy oyster crackers.
    Your soup looks delicious!

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  13. This does look good and not too much work! My daughter made a tomato soup that we love. It is more work but it is just so fresh tasting. I posted here: http://gratefulprayerthankfulheart.blogspot.com/2009/02/fresh-tomato-bisque.html

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  14. I love tomatoes and almost all things tomato-ey except that I've never acquired a taste for tomato juice or tomato soup. I have to admit that your soup does look good and I might need to give it another try. :)

    Have a great weekend,
    Candace

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  15. I can't believe this is such a simple and easy to make. One of my best soup. I have to try this. Nordstrom Cafe serve good food, even their cookies are delicious. I have to look for my recipe.

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  16. looks delicious, by the way , tomyam paste you might find in an asian section or asian supermarket.

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  17. Anything that comes out of that Nordstrom Cafe is wonderful. Thanks so much for posting this recipe. Another one bookmarked!

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  18. That sure what hit the spot right about now. I was outside for a minute and came back in feeling chilly. I love those little mini keebler crackers too. I brought them to a party I went to in the fall and the men go the giggles over them for some reason. I think they thought they were too tiny for their big fingers. Sorry about the linky this week. They didn't notify me that my year was up :-) All ready to go now for another year. Thanks for playing along.

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  19. This is one of my favorite Tomato Soups. When I lived in KC we used to eat at Nordstrom's Cafe and often I would have this soup. Thanks for reminding me to make this one soon!

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  20. I was looking for this recipe and found it several times - yours says to use 2 cans instead of 3 cans of tomatoes? Not sure what to do - yours looks so good

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  21. I want to make this for a party. Do you think it'll be good if I make it Thursday night, sans cream, and then just re-heat Friday for party and add the cream?

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  22. I want to make this for a party and was wondering if I made it Thursday night, sans cream, if I could just reheat and add cream for party on Friday night?

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  23. Should be fine that way. How did it turn out?

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