Creamy Tomato Soup with Buttery Croutons

Name: Creamy Tomato Soup with Buttery Croutons
Prep time: 30 min
Cook time: 30 min
Total time: 30 min
Yield: 6
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 5 inches thick slices of white country bread, crusts trimmed, bread cut into 3/4-inch dice; 0 teaspoons celery seed; 0 teaspoons crushed red pepper; 3 garlic cloves, smashed; 158 milliliters heavy cream; 2 Tbsps extra-virgin olive oil; 1 medium onion, very thinly sliced; 0 teaspoons dried oregano; 6 servings Salt and freshly ground pepper; 1 Tbsp sugar; 1 liters canned whole tomatoes in their juice (from three 14-ounce cans); 2 Tbsps unsalted butter; 237 milliliters water

Creamy Tomato Soup with Buttery Croutons is a vegetarian soup. This recipe serves 6. This recipe covers 12% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. One serving contains 254 calories, 4g of protein, and 19g of fat. 1 person found this recipe to be flavorful and satisfying. Autumn will be even more special with this recipe. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes around 30 minutes. Head to the store and pick up sugar, olive oil, oregano, and a few other things to make it today.

Instructions

In a large saucepan, melt 1 tablespoon of the butter in 1 tablespoon of the olive oil.

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Butter

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Add the sliced onion and smashed garlic and cook over moderate heat, stirring occasionally, until softened, about 5 minutes.

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Garlic

Onion

Add the tomatoes and their juice, the water, heavy cream, sugar, crushed red pepper, celery seed and oregano and season with salt and pepper. Bring the soup to a boil over high heat, breaking up the tomatoes with the back of a spoon. Reduce the heat to moderate and simmer for 10 minutes.

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Celery Seed

Heavy Cream

Tomato

Oregano

Juice

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Water

Soup

Meanwhile, in a small skillet, cook the remaining 1 tablespoon of butter over moderately high heat until it begins to brown, about 1 minute. Scrape the browned butter into a medium bowl.

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Bowl

Add the olive oil to the skillet.

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Olive Oil

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Add the diced bread and cook over moderately high heat, stirring occasionally, until it is slightly browned, about 6 minutes.

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Bread

Transfer the bread to the browned butter and toss well.

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Bread

Working in batches, transfer the tomato soup to a blender and puree until smooth. Return the soup to a clean pot and rewarm the soup if necessary. Season the soup with salt and pepper. Ladle the soup into bowls and serve with the croutons.

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Salt And Pepper

Tomato Soup