Spicy and Creamy Tomato Soup

⏱ 25 mins 🍽 2 serving(s) 🏷 Vegetable

This recipe creates a thick and creamy tomato soup, ideal for using up a glut of fresh tomatoes. The tomatoes are first roasted to concentrate their flavour, then blended with a spiced milk base. The result is a versatile dish that could also work as a pasta sauce. It's a quick recipe, ready in about 25 minutes, and serves two people.

Spicy and Creamy Tomato Soup

Ingredients

  • 1 tablespoon light olive oil or 1 tablespoon other neutral oil
  • 2 tablespoons diced onions
  • 1 tablespoon flour
  • 1/2 cup milk
  • 1 dash nutmeg
  • 1 dash cayenne
  • 1/2 teaspoon ground black pepper
  • 1 tablespoon dried basil
  • 4 cups tomatoes, roasted, including juice

Method

  1. Warm the oil in a pan, then add the diced onion and cook until softened.
  2. Mix in the flour and continue to stir until it is fully cooked through.
  3. Pour in the milk gradually, heating the mixture until it begins to thicken.
  4. Incorporate the nutmeg, cayenne, black pepper, basil and the roasted tomatoes with their juice, then blend everything until smooth using an immersion or standard blender.
  5. Heat the soup until it is thoroughly warmed.

Nutrition (per serving)

Sodium48700 mg

Recipe details

CategoryVegetable
Authorbearwacket