Best Copycat La Madelines Tomato Basil Soup Recipes

(Copycat) La Madeline's Tomato Basil Soup image

Provided by Alison

Categories Vegetable

Time 45m

Yield 6 serving(s)

Number Of Ingredients 7

4 cups whole canned tomatoes (or 8-10 fresh peeled, and chopped)
4 cups tomato juice, & broth mix of (50/50, I used vegetable broth to make the recipe vegetarian)
8 basil leaves, chopped finely or 1 tablespoon dried basil
1 cup cream
8 tablespoons sweet unsalted butter
1/4 teaspoon salt
1/4 teaspoon black pepper

Steps:

Combine tomatoes, tomato juice and broth in a saucepan and simmer for 30 minutes.
Puree with basil in the blender. Make sure that this is smooth - I always strain it.
Return to saucepan. Add cream and butter while stirring over low heat.
Serve and enjoy!

La Madeleine's Tomato-Basil Soup image

Provided by Philip and Karen Se

Time 1h

Yield 8 serving(s)

Number Of Ingredients 8

4 cups fresh tomatoes, cored, peeled, and chopped (8-10) or 4 cups canned whole tomatoes, crushed
4 cups tomato juice (or part vegetable or part chicken stock)
12 -14 basil leaves, washed fresh
1 cup heavy cream
1/4 lb sweet unsalted butter
salt
1/4 teaspoon cracked black pepper
lemon juice (optional)

Steps:

Combine tomatoes, juice/and or stock in saucepan.
Simmer 30 minutes.
Puree, along with the basil leaves, in small batches, in blender, food processor (or better yet, one of those handy hand-held food blenders, right in the cooking pan). Return to saucepan and add cream and butter, while stirring, over low heat. Garnish with basil leaves and serve with your favorite bread.
Excerpted from an article by Beverly Bundy of the Fort Worth Star-Telegram around May 20. 1994.
She wrote, "Once a year, in January I run a column of our most requested recipes -- This year, that column included the recipe for La Madeleine's popular tomato basil soup. I continue to get at least 10 calls a week asking for the recipe. So here it is, once again -- ".