An easy, smooth and creamy San Marzano tomato soup, made with garlic, basil and sweet, flavorful imported Italian tomatoes grown in the volcanic soils in the shadow of Mount Vesuvius near Napoli.
A simple vegetarian homemade soup perfect for chilly days, served together with some grilled cheese panini or bruschetta.
I started with a nice sofrito, made of sweet organic onions I picked up at the farmer’s market last weekend, and some organic root vegetables. Simmered that together with my San Marzano tomatoes (<-amazon), buzzed them all up together, and finished with a touch of cream.
If you want to go for a vegan version replace the heavy cream with coconut cream, or just leave it out completely. Truth is you really don’t need it.
In all honesty I was just feeling a little artistic. Look: I think that’s a flying Italian stallion in my soup. TeeHehe..
Some crushed red pepper flakes for a nice kick to open up my sinuses, and tons of fragrant fresh basil made this soup simply the best!
Easy and creamy San Marzano tomato soup, made with sweet and flavorful imported San Marzano tomatoes, garlic and basil.
- 2 x 28 oz cans San Marzano tomatoes (whole)
- 1 large sweet onion -diced
- 4 cloves garlic -minced
- 1 medium carrot -diced
- 1 stalk stalk -diced
- 1 parsley root -diced
- 1 leaf bay
- 4 c vegetable stock low sodium
- 1/4 c heavy cream (optional)
- 1/4 c extra virgin olive oil
- 1 tsp sea salt
- 20 leaves basil roughly torn
- Heat up the olive oil on medium flame in a large enameled cast iron pot. Add the onion and a pinch of sea salt and saute for about 5 minutes.
- Add the diced carrot, celery, parsley root and bay leaf. Saute together for an additional 10 minutes until the veggies begin to soften and add the garlic. Cook one more minute.
- Roughly crush the tomatoes with your hand and add them to the sofrito. Give everything a good stir then add the stock. Bring to a gentle simmer and allow to cook for 30 minutes.
- Stir in the cream and simmer a couple more minutes. ( Optional)
Remove the tomato soup from the flame and blend it using an immersion blender until desired consistency is achieved. ( For a rustic texture only give it a buzz or two and leave some tomato chunks in there)
- Add the fresh basil reserving a couple of leaves for garnish. Ladle the soup into bowls and finish with a few drops of extra virgin olive oil and a drizzle of cream. Garnish with tiny basil leaves.
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Charles E. Lowmack
April 16, 2011 at 1:38 pmHere’s some ~~~~, love your dishes. Nothing my eyes as wide as the recipes from you!! :-))
It’s always, all good!
Florentina
April 16, 2011 at 1:44 pmawww, that made my day 🙂
Lana
April 16, 2011 at 1:44 pmI saw the post on Blog Tyrant and was very happy for you. Sorry, but you don’t appear technically challenged:) Just keep on doing what you are doing. We love it:)
I usually make my mother’s tomato soup, but I don’t have preferences for creamy tomato soups. This one looks easy and delicious, and my basil plants are begging to be used:)
Have a great weekend! I hope you are enjoying our SoCal sunshine as much as me:)
Florentina
April 16, 2011 at 2:27 pmThank you Lana! I got a little help here and there with the technical part, also learned a lot from blog tyrant. I am enjoying the sunshine today but also trying to get some work done this weekend.
Enjoy the soup, it only has a touch of cream in it but it’s optional.
Jennifer Reid
April 16, 2011 at 2:13 pmThat soup looks delicious! So glad you’re feeling better xo
Florentina
April 16, 2011 at 8:56 pmHey Jennifer, Good luck in the Australian best blogs competition ! Xo’s
Miri Leigh
April 16, 2011 at 8:04 pmThis looks so wonderful for a cool day! Thanks for sharing!
Dave
April 16, 2011 at 8:14 pmNice blog. I followed here from BT’s critique. I see some suggestions already implemented. As I mentioned there, the critique (and your site) have given me some great ideas for getting my wife back into the cooking/blogging/photography game.
One thing in particular I’ve been looking into … we used to think there were limited opportunities for monetizing a cooking blog. This is wrong thinking. There’s a world of opportunities out there, just have to approach with an open mind. Godspeed.
Florentina
April 16, 2011 at 8:39 pmThank you Dave! What is your wife’s cooking blog ? I’d love to check it out. I am still learning about monetizing my blog too so I am open to ideas and suggestions.
Dave
April 16, 2011 at 9:18 pmUnofficialcook.com
Florentina
April 17, 2011 at 9:34 pmThat’s wonderful! I hope she gets back to cooking and blogging her recipes, I will subscribe 🙂
Jesse Bluma
April 19, 2011 at 9:35 amThank you for the terrific soup idea. This looks fresh and easy to make.
I bet you could use it on pizza dough and crostini. Try out my latest soup recipe and let me know what you think. Creamy Latin Stew http://pointeviven.blogspot.com/2011/04/pointe-viven-creamy-taco-stew.html
Florentina
April 19, 2011 at 10:16 amHi Jesse, I would not recommend this soup on pizza dough or crostini, it is a creamy soup but still way too thin to be a sauce. Goes great with a crostini or bruschetta though 🙂
Your latin stew looks delicious, I will give it a try one of these days.
Cameron Davison
April 21, 2011 at 9:00 pmFlorentina,
I need to stop coming over here, I’m always hungry after seeing your recipes!! :o) …and I’m not even a soup fan!! Now I want some!!
One day soon my friend!
Peace and Love to you and all this delicious food!!!!
Peas Out!
~Cameron
Luda
May 4, 2011 at 12:47 pmSounds delicious!! I am definitely going to try to make this soup!
Florentina
May 4, 2011 at 4:58 pmThanks Luda! Enjoy the soup, and enjoy making it!
Eliana
May 12, 2011 at 12:42 pmTomato soup is one of my favorite comfort foods. And made with San Marzano Tomatoes just elevates the flavor. Thanks for sharing this recipe for us. I made my first tomato soup recently and am looking forward to trying this new recipe.
Mitch
May 12, 2017 at 9:44 pmThis recipe came up in a Google search this evening when I searched for a tomato soup recipe with ingredients I had on hand, but with only a small amount of cream. It’s fantastic!!! I’m heading to the kitchen for a second bowl!!! I’ll be back to see what other deliciousness your blog has in store!
Florentina
May 13, 2017 at 12:38 pmSo glad you love the soup so much, I swear by San Marzano tomatoes for soups and sauces, they really are magical! Thanks for stopping by ~ Florentina
Jon
February 24, 2019 at 1:36 pmIs it better with the cream or without? I know it’s personal preference just wanted an opinion
Florentina
February 27, 2019 at 10:22 amI say no cream, however I’ve been making a fantastic cashew cream lately that i feel temped to drizzle over everything 🙂