Best Soul Warming Tomato Pesto Soup Recipes

CREAMY TOMATO SOUP WITH PESTO

Steps:

• Heat the milk over moderate heat in a medium pot.
• Put tomatoes, tomato paste, onions, salt and pepper, sugar, flour, butter, and celery into a food processor and grind until smooth.
• Pour mixture into milk and raise heat to bring soup to a boil.
• Reduce heat and then simmer 15 minutes.
• While soup cooks, make pesto, if not using storebought.
• Fill the food processor with watercress, loosely packed.
• Add hazelnuts, 1/2 of the oil and garlic cloves to the watercress in the processor.
• Add nutmeg, salt and pepper to the processor bowl, set lid in place and pulse grind the mixture into a thick paste.
• Add any remaining watercress to the processor and grind into the paste by pulsing the processor again.
• Transfer watercress paste to a bowl.
• Stir in the remaining oil and the cheese.
• Taste pesto sauce and adjust seasonings.
• Pour soup into shallow bowls and add a couple of rounded spoonfuls of pesto to each dish and stir it into the soup.

EASY TOMATO PESTO SOUP

Steps:

• In a sauce pan, combine can of tomato soup and milk over medium heat. (If you fill the empty soup can with the milk, it's the right amount).
• **DO NOT use skim or fat-free milk. This will cause the soup to curdle. If a thick soup is desired, use heavy cream instead of milk.**.
• Add pesto. Stir and heat through.
• Just before removing soup from stove, add grated parmesan cheese and combine.
• The soup does taste better if given time to set overnight in the refrigerator.

PESTO TOMATO SOUP

Steps:

• In a pot, melt the butter over medium-high heat, then cook the shallots with some fresh thyme. Add the crushed tomatoes, 1 1/2 cups water and the heavy cream; simmer 20 minutes. Puree, then stir in the pesto. Season with salt.