Free Recipe @ Vickie's Recipes: Cream of Tomato Soup (with or without seafood) (Soups)

Cream of Tomato Soup (with or without seafood): Submitted by: Vickie | Date Added: 26 Mar 2015
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1/2 small onion, diced
4 stalks of celery, diced
1 can petite diced tomatoes, with liquid
1 can tomato soup
2 c milk
2 c heavy cream (I use Half & Half)

seasonings to taste:
2 oz chopped basil (1-2 T if using dried basil)
1 t salt
1 t pepper
4 T sugar

(*See Options below to make Shrimp Bisque, Cream of Crab, Cream of Seafood or Cream of Tomato Tortellini Soup.

1. Saute onion & celery in a 1/2 stick of butter. Add tomatoes & soup and heat.
2. Add cream, milk & seasoning & simmer. Thicken soup as desired.
3. Adjust seasoning to to taste if necessary.

(Cook's note : *Options - This soup is an excellent base for shrimp bisque, cream of crab soup or cream of tortellini soup!

** To make Shrimp Bisque - Bring the basic tomato soup recipe to a low boil (Do not boil or milk will curdle & separate!) Add peeled & peeled, & deveined raw shrimp that has been halved or quartered, depending on the size of the shrimp. Bring & bring to a low boil. Reduce heat and simmer until shrimp turns pink. Add 2 T dry sherry and adjust seasoning, including adding a dash of Old Bay if wanted. If you want to make a seafood bisque, you can also add fresh picked crab meat and raw scallops at the same time you add the raw shrimp! Thicken seafood soup as desired, using a slurry of 2 T cornstarch & cream or Xanthum Gum & cream mixed together & then added to the warm soup to thicken before adding seafood)

*** To make Cream of Tortellini Soup - Bring tomato soup to a low boil. Add fresh tortellini to soup. Reduce heat and simmer until tortellini is cooked. Adjust seasoning to taste)

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Visitor Comments (4):

This soup is amazingly good. Left by: Mollie (16 Apr 2015)

My girlfriend, Gail, gave me this recipe and I can't get enough of it! Even hubby who doesn't care for tomatoes, loves this soup. My addition, gourmet up by turning it into Shrimp Bisque or Cream of Tortellini Soup! Left by: Vickie (30 Mar 2015)

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