An easy, rich Creamy Roasted Tomato Soup. The ultimate comfort food filled with tomatoes, basil, garlic, and perfect alongside a hot grilled cheese.
Are you ready to use all those garden fresh tomatoes?
This soup is the ultimate, DELICIOUS tomato soup. It’s creamy and loaded with tomatoes and basil. Yum!
Whether it’s enjoyed with a slice of cheesy garlic toast, a nice melty grill cheese sandwich, or all by its self, this tomato soup will satisfy and comfort your innermost foodie desires. Seriously!
It’s a great pick any night, but especially when tomatoes are fresh from the garden. Either way, you can’t go wrong with this creamy, herb-filled {easy-to-make} tomato soup filled with delicious roasted tomatoes.
When I make this, I make a HUGE batch and freeze the leftovers. Just a heads up. The step-by-step pictures are from when I tripled the recipe. The printable recipe will make about 4 servings. 🙂 You can find the full printable recipe at the bottom of this post.
I used my BlendTec blender (which I love) to finish the soup. I was quick and easy!
HOW DO I ROAST TOMATOES?
- Start by rinsing and cutting the tomatoes in half (or leave whole if they are cherry tomatoes).
- Give each tomato half a little squeeze over your sink or garbage to seed it.
- Place tomatoes cut side down on a cookie sheet.
- Drizzle tomatoes with olive oil and sprinkle with salt and pepper.
- Roast in the oven at 400°F until skins begin to blacken.
Here’s how the smaller tomatoes look before and after roasting.
HOW DO I ROAST GARLIC AND ONIONS?
- Quarter the onions and place on a cookie sheet.
- Separate the garlic cloves but leave the skins on until after roasting. This helps the garlic cloves retain moisture during roasting.
- Drizzle the onion quarters with olive oil and sprinkle with salt and pepper.
- Roast at 400°F until edges of onions and garlic begin to blacken (about 25-35 minutes).
MAKING CREAMY TOMATO SOUP:
Once the veggies and garlic are roasted to your liking, pull the tomato skins off. They should slip right off. If only small tomatoes are used, feel free to skip this step.
Now, grab the blender (or immersion blender). Blend tomatoes, onions, and garlic until smooth. If you prefer chunkier tomato soup, feel free to pulse until the desired consistency is met.
At this point you have two options:
Speed method… add remaining ingredients to the blender and enjoy
OR
Simmer method… pour the veggie puree into your stockpot and simmer.
While the tomato base is simmering, blend fresh basil until smooth. Add to the simmering tomato base.
Now here’s the tricky part. Adding salt and sugar. Depending on how ripe (or not) the tomatoes are, sugar will probably be needed. Start by adding a teaspoon at a time until the desired flavor is achieved. Add salt (start with 1 teaspoon and go from there).
PRO TIP #1: You can always add more seasoning and sugar but you can’t take it away so… proceed with caution. 😉
PRO TIP #2: Note on the SALT, right before finishing the soup, grated Parmesan cheese will be added which is salty in nature. Do not over salt the soup before it’s finished.
Lastly, add the grated Parmesan cheese and cream.
Soup is done!
If you’re like me, you’ll serve it hot with a side of cheesy garlic toast that’s ready to be dipped. YUMMMMM!
An added bonus with this soup, it’s freezer friendly! If you’re like me and end up with leftovers, freeze it for a quick and easy meal later.
PRO TIP #3: If you are planning on making extra to freeze, skip the cream at the end and plan on adding it in when you reheat.
Need a quick dessert to go with your tomato soup? Try one of these:
- EASY CHOCOLATE MOUSSE IN 5 MINUTES
- VANILLA OREO TRUFFLES
- RASPBERRY DELIGHT CUPS
- 5-MINUTE NO-BAKE CHERRY CHEESECAKE
- EASY ANDES MINT FUDGE
Looking for other delicious soup recipes? Check out this rich Crockpot French Onion Soup or this hearty Slow Cooker Rosemary Beef Stew.
HERE’S THE FULL PRINTABLE RECIPE. ENJOY!
Creamy Roasted Tomato Basil Soup
Creamy Roasted Tomato Basil Soup that's a rich, creamy, herb-filled tomato-based soup full of roasted fresh tomatoes and garlic.
Ingredients
- 7-8 large tomatoes, halved and seeded, 3-4 lbs
- 1 large onion, quartered, (2 small onions)
- 8-10 cloves garlic
- 2 Tablespoons olive oil
- 1 cup packed fresh basil leaves
- 1/2 cup grated Parmesan cheese
- 3/4 cup cream
- sugar to taste
- salt and pepper to taste
- 2 cups hot chicken broth, optional, if desiring a thinner soup
Instructions
- Place halved tomatoes (or cherry/grape tomatoes), onions, and garlic (still in skins) on cookie sheet. Drizzle with olive oil and sprinkle with salt and pepper.
- Roast tomatoes, onions, and garlic at 400 degrees for 25-35 minutes until tomato skins and onion edges begin to blacken.
- Once roasted, pull tomato skins off. They should slip right off.
- Blend tomatoes, onions, and garlic in blender (I absolutely love my Blendtec) or using an immersion blender until pureed.
- Pour into stock pot and simmer on low while preparing basil.
- Place basil in blender and puree. Add to simmering tomato base.
- Add sugar (1 teaspoon at a time) until desired flavor is reached.
- Add Parmesan cheese and cream.
- Add salt and pepper to taste.
- If soup is too thick and/or creamy for your preference, add up to 2 cups hot chicken broth.
Notes
- Depending on how ripe, or not, the tomatoes are, the amount of sugar will vary.
- If you are looking to speed up the cooking process you may finish soup in blender (such as a BlendTec blender that has a soup setting). Puree tomato, onion, and garlic. Add basil right in. Add cheese and cream. Serve.
- If soup is too thick and/or creamy for your preference, add up to 2 cups hot chicken broth.
- FREEZING- if you choose to freeze this soup, it is best if you omit the cream and add that in when reheating.
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Nutrition Information:
Yield: 6 Serving Size: 1Amount Per Serving: Calories: 256Total Fat: 19gSaturated Fat: 9gTrans Fat: 0gUnsaturated Fat: 8gCholesterol: 45mgSodium: 674mgCarbohydrates: 18gFiber: 3gSugar: 10gProtein: 7g
*This post was sponsored by BlendTec but all opinions here are my own. I only support/promote products I love.
Have you or anyone else canned this soup? I’ve made it twice now. Absolutely LOVE it! Froze the first batch in freezer bags and hope it’s ok when I thaw and use it. Was hoping to can this last batch.
I have not canned this soup recipe but I have froze it. When I’ve froze it, I omit the dairy (milk/cream and cheese) as these don’t reheat well. When I’m ready to use the frozen soup, I reheat, add the cream and cheese and voila! Ready to each. If you choose to can it I would love to hear about your experience.
Hello there. I was wondering about the seeds from cherry tomatoes. I used them but when removing the skin these ones had a tonne of seeds…..it was too thick to strain. Just curious. Love live live this recipe though
So glad to here you love this recipe as much as us. If I have time I removed the skin from all the tomatoes but if I don’t have the time, I just blend the skin right in. As for the seeds. I leave them. You can try to strain them through a large strainer but you are right, the mixture is usually too thick. I hope this helps.
The best tomato soup I’ve ever had straight from my garden tomatoes, garlic, onion and basil.
No cream needed. DELICIOUS!!!!
Hi Beth! Glad to hear you enjoyed this recipe. Garden tomatoes and veggies are amazing in this soup! Have a great day!
Delicious! Didn’t need any sugar in the soup cause the tomatoes were so ripe and sweet already! So good! It’s a keeper!
Thanks for trying this recipe. We made it yesterday. So good and I’m happy to hear you enjoyed it too! <3
Just made this today with homegrown tomatoes and it turned out great! I used an immersion blender which was so easy! I added one cup of chicken broth and about one cup of half and half. Going to freeze it!
Ooooh! I love it! Thanks for sharing your experience. We are making this recipe this week too (after we have a few more tomatoes come on in the garden. Happy cooking!
This soup was so delicious, thank you for the great recipe! I pureed the basil with some chicken stock before adding it to the soup, so I probably used 1 cup of stock total. The consistency was perfect! My tomato soup-loving husband raved about how good this soup was.
YAAAAS! I love hearing this. It’s a summer and fall favorite in my house and I’m so happy to hear you guys enjoyed it too. Happy cooking!
Hi, I’m trying the soup now and wondering if I need to add the broth or water? I didn’t see it in the video
Hi Zaruhi! Thanks for stopping by. For a thicker soup you can omit the broth/water. To thin the soup I like to add broth (it adds flavor while thinning the soup) but you can use water if you don’t have any broth. You can find the full printable recipe here –> https://kitchencents.com/creamy-roasted-tomato-basil-soup/2/
I love this roasted tomato soup! I would like to pressure can my soup. Do you know if I should fully prepare the soup or leave out the cheese and add before eating?
To be honest, I’m not sure. If I were to can it I would leave out the cheese and cream to be safe then add it in before eating. I’d love to hear how it goes with canning it. ? Thanks for stopping by!
How many servings does this make?
Hi Abbe! Thanks for stopping by. Depending on if you will be serving this soup with something else (like toast or grilled cheese sandwiches) and if you thin it down with chicken stock, it will make 4-6 servings. It’s delicious! I hope you enjoy it as much as we do.
That sounds delishes, I thicken mine by pureeing kidney beans, you really don’t taste it
Hi, Mike! That’s a fabulous idea and it adds protein. I’m going to have to try that. Thanks for sharing!
Or, Cannelini beans…
Question. This looks delicious. I have a ton of tomatoes and I would like to make this and freeze it. Should I prepare it and then freeze it before adding the cream and cheese? Then add those right before we serve it? Thanks.
Hi, Jenna! Thanks for stopping by. This soup is great for freezing. I’ve frozen this soup after it was fully prepared. It tasted great but for a fresher taste I would leave the dairy out if you know you will be freezing it then add it when you reheat. Good luck with those tomatoes. 🙂
this looks great. i’m excited to try it. About how many pounds of tomatoes do you think is in 7-8 large tomatoes?
Hi, Jennette! I would guess it’s about 3 to 4 lbs of tomatoes. Hope this helps. I’d love to hear how you liked this soup once you make it. It’s one of my summer favorites! Thanks for stopping by.
OK, I am impressed. I can’t remember the last time (I’m thinking never) that I had tomato soup from anything but a can or restaurant. This looks so good and is also very pretty. You did a great job with the picture. Thank you for sharing. Pinned and Shared.
Thanks, Audrey! It’s a fabulous recipe if I do say so myself. Thanks for the kind words regarding my photos. This was one of the first recipes I posted on Kitchen Cents back in 2016. 🙂
Any suggestions for substitutions for the cream and cheese?
Thank you!
Hi, Carmen! You can omit the cheese and add salt to taste. As for the cream, I’ve never omitted it or used a substitution but I’m guessing you could probably substitute coconut cream (from coconut milk in a can). It would give you that rich, creamy look and flavor without the dairy. If you try it, let me know how it turns out. Our garden tomatoes are a couple weeks out but soon we will be making this delicious soup. Thanks for stopping by.
I made a half batch of this tonight (half of my tomatoes went bad so I only had enough for half!), and it turned out AWESOME. The only trouble I had was pureeing my basil in my Vitamix, but I ended up just adding the cream in with the basil, and blending it that way! Thank you for giving me an excuse to use my new Vitamix!
Hi Austin. I’m happy you enjoyed this recipe. It’s one of our family favorites. Also, thanks for sharing your comment here. It’s very much appreciated. I’ve heard amazing things about Vitamix and am glad you could put yours to good use with this recipe. Happy cooking! 🙂