As seen on At Home with Krissy, Victoria and Nicole.

Victoria's Best Ever Tomato Soup

Yield: serves 6

Author: Nicole O'Neil

Prep time: 10 MinCook time: 45 MinTotal time: 55 Min

As seen on At Home with Krissy, Victoria and Nicole, Victoria's Easy Tomato Soup Recipe is packed full of flavour and so easy to make. The perfect appetiser or winter lunch.

Ingredients

1/4 cup extra virgin olive oil
1 onion, finely diced
3 pinches of salt
3 punnets of cherry tomatoes, roasted* (see steps below)
4 cloves of garlic, minced
1/4 cup fresh basil, finely chopped
1.2L chicken bone broth or good quality chicken stock
300ml thickened cream

Instructions

To Roast Your Cherry Tomatoes

Drizzle your cherry tomatoes with olive oil and sea salt and roast in the oven at 200C for 15 mins. Once your see the first few tomatoes start to char, take them out of the oven.

Add your olive oil to a large saucepan over a medium heat. Heat your oil and add your onion with 3 pinches of salt. Add in your finely chopped basil, sautéing until your onions are soft and translucent.
Add in your garlic, stirring until fragrant.
Add your roasted tomatoes and bone broth and stir over a medium-high heat.
Blend with an immersion/stick blender until your desired consistency is reached.
Simmer over a low heat, uncovered, until thickened.
Add in your thickened cream, stirring until combined.
Season to taste with salt and pepper and serve with pepper and fresh basil leaves.