homemade tomato soup?

[ctmom05]

<span style='font-family: Courier New'>I enoy getting creative in the kitchen, altho I tend to be more the "semi-homemade" type of gal. That usually involves doctoring the same old same old, and making it my own.

Once in a while I watch the Food Network and have a couple of favorite chefs. I saw one of the guys for the first time. What he made was a new take on an old stand-by. Tyler Florence made Roasted Tomato Soup from scratch.

I like tomato soup, but have always just dumped a can of Campbell's into a saucepan. Mr. Florence made his version look so tremendously appetizing that I just had to give it a whirl....it's cooking now.

It's fun to have found a new menu idea that I couldn't wait to try [img]/forums/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/smile.gif[/img]</span>

[Big Bad Kitty]

When TYler Florence is on, I have a hard time concentrating on the recipe...


He could marinate my steak anytime...

[Star*]

I dont give a hang what they look like - If they can cook I'm there

Let us know how the tomato soup turns out. The price of 'maters here is so high it's Campbells or nothing.

[ctmom05]

<span style='font-family: Courier New'>The soup was fabba luss winderful fabba luss! My husband's comment was that it tasted like pizza. I will be making this one again. </span>

[STILLjustamom]

Hey post the recipe, don't torture us, ok?
And if anyone has the recipe for that tomato basil soup they make at La Madeline, I want that one too!

[Star*]

-Your my little Hercules. Her-ka-leez Her-ka-leez.

Pizza soup huh? Ats amore~!

[Big Bad Kitty]

Baby's got a little gas.

[goldenguru]

<u>La Madeline's Tomato Basil Soup</u>

4 cups tomatoes, cored, peeled, and chopped (8-10) or canned whole tomatoes, crushed
4 cups tomato juice (or part vegetable or part chicken stock)
12-14 basil leaves, washed fresh
1 cup heavy cream
1/4 lb sweet unsalted butter
salt
1/4 teaspoon cracked black pepper


1. Combine tomatoes, juice/and or stock in saucepan.
2. Simmer 30 minutes.
3. Puree, along with the basil leaves, in small batches, in blender, food processor (or better yet, one of those handy hand-held food blenders, right in the cooking pan). Return to saucepan and add cream and butter, while stirring, over low heat. Garnish with basil leaves and serve with your favorite bread.

[ctmom05]

<span style="color: #6600CC"><span style='font-family: Courier New'> Click here for Tyler Florence's Roasted Tomato Soup recipe</span></span>

[Star*]

I'm not chef savy - read the ingredients and thought to myself:

THATS it-just tomatoes?

DUH STAR....

(I got the gas thing) herkaleeeez