Tomato Basil Bisque

Name: Tomato Basil Bisque Recipe
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 25 min
Total time: 40 min
Yield: 4
Ingredients: 2 T. butter; 1/2 cup onion chopped; 3 small carrots shredded; 2 T. flour; 1 cup milk (or half-and-half); 4 cup chopped or sliced Red Ripe Tomatoes skinned; 1/2 cup processed dehydrated tomato skins*; 1/4 Basil chopped; 1 tsp Salt; 1 T. Italian seasoning

Minutes to Prepare: 15
Minutes to Cook: 25

Number of Servings: 4

Ingredients

2 T. butter1/2 cup onion, chopped3 small carrots, shredded2 T. flour1 cup milk (or half-and-half)4 cup, chopped or sliced Red Ripe Tomatoes, skinned 1/2 cup processed dehydrated tomato skins*1/4 Basil, chopped1 tsp Salt 1 T. Italian seasoning

Directions

Melt butter in a sauce pan. Add chopped onion and shredded carrots. Cook 3-4 minutes until soft. Add flour, a little at a time, stirring it in until it's absorbed. Gradually stir in milk; let mixture cook for two minutes. Add tomatoes, basil, salt, and Italian seasoning. Let cook for 15 minutes. In small batches, blend soup using either an immersion blender or a conventional blender, processing until mostly smooth. Serve hot.

*My frozen tomatoes had a LOT of liquid when I thawed them, so I poured out a cup of the liquid (there were 1 1/2 cups total) and gradually added 1/2 cup of dehydrated, processed-to-powder tomato skins to the liquid, stirring after each addition. I let this sit for 3 minutes before adding it to the thickened mixture. This ratio made a good sauce and increased the rich tomato flavor.

Serving Size:�5 1 1/4-cup servings

Servings Per Recipe: 4

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