Creamy Tomato Bisque ….variation on a childhood favorite!

Creamy Tomato Bisque was on the menu last night at the Thompson house! When I was a kid, Campbell’s Tomato Soup was my favorite. I would have eaten my favorite combo of Campbell’s Tomato Soup and a grilled cheese sandwich at every meal if the adults in my life would have allowed it. Now that I am one of those grownups, my tastes are more sophisticated. I no longer want my soup to come from a can, and I prefer a Creamy Tomato Bisque to Condensed Tomato Soup. So I made this recipe to satisfy that urge for a childhood comfort food with a taste a little more intriguing for my adult palette. Bill said it was definitely a “10” in his book. Print
Creamy Tomato Bisque
An adult replacement for my favorite childhood comfort food.
- Prep Time: 20 mins
- Cook Time: 40 mins
- Total Time: 1 hour
- Yield: 8 1x
- Category: Soup
- Cuisine: American
Ingredients
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- 1/4 lb. butter
- 1 c. chopped celery
- 1 c. chopped onion
- 1/2 c. chopped carrots
- 1/3 c. all purpose flour
- 2 (1 lb. 12 oz.) cans of whole tomatoes, drained and chopped
- 2 tsp. sugar
- 1 tsp. basil
- 1 tsp. marjoram
- 1 bay leaf
- 4 c. chicken broth
- 1 pint heavy cream
- 1/2 tsp. paprika
- 1/2 tsp. curry
- 1/4 tsp. white pepper
- pinch of salt (to taste)
Instructions
- Melt butter in a large soup pot.
- Saute onion, celery, and carrots until tender.
- Add the flour, and stirring constantly, cook for 2 minutes.
- Add tomatoes, sugar, basil, marjoram, bay leaf and chicken broth.
- Simmer for 30 minutes while stirring occasionally, then discard bay leaf.
- Puree using the appliance of your choice. I use an immersion blender, but a regular blender or a food processor will work.
- Add cream, paprika, curry, pepper and salt.
- Stir to combine.
- Serve hot or cold.
I love tomato soup/bisque. Your recipe looks delicious! Thank you very much for joining in the celebration of #purebloglove, we enjoy having you each week. I hope to see you on Thursday at 8PM, EST through Sunday night. ~Cydnee
This looks so comforting and delicious! Thanks for linking up with What’s Cookin’ Wednesday!
This looks yummy. I love all kinds of bisque! Thanks so much for sharing at the Thursday Favorite Things Blog Hop!
This recipe looks yummy! I love tomato bisque! The addition of the curry is interesting, it seems like it would give it nice depth. I can’t wait to try it. I saw this link up over at pint sized baker and I am glad I did!
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Tomato soup is one of my favorites. Stopping by from Motivational Monday. This looks fabulous.
Fabulous soup
I’ll take mine with some grilled cheese!
This would be effect with a yummy grilled cheese sandwich!
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I love tomato soup and yours looks delicious. I’ll have to try it soon. Glad you linked up to Tasty Thursday’s.
I love tomatoe bisque soup. I will be pinning. Thanks for sharing with SYC.
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This looks so good! My Mom always made tomato soup with cheese bread for me when I was a kid. Since I’ve gotten older and looked at the back of the Campbell’s can I’m not so anxious to share it with mine. This recipe looks divine! Thank you so much for linking up with me @ Great Idea Thursday’s 🙂 Krista @ http://ahandfulofeverything.blogspot.com
Yum, this looks so good! Pinning this, thanks for sharing at my link party!
Pinned ! Tomato soup is my number one of all soups 🙂 Thank you for sharing at our ALL MY BLOGGY FRIENDS party ! Looking forward to see what you will bring us tomorrow 🙂
Tomato soup is delicious … I love all variations of it. This looks delicious!
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That sounds like a wonderful soup!
It is….very tasty and comforting!
I just love Tomato Bisque and your Bisque looks awesome! Your recipe is fabulous and thank you so much for sharing with Full Plate Thursday. Hope you had a great weekend and come back soon!
Miz Helen
A favorite of mine as well! Thanks for sharing!
Stacey
Such a delicious-sounding soup! Thank you for sharing your recipe at Fabulously Frugal Thursday!
This tomato bisque soup looks like my favorite soup from a local restaurant, I can’t wait to try it. Thanks for the recipe.
I love tomato soup and this recipe sounds delicious. Thanks so much for sharing with us at Transformed Tuesday.
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This looks very tasty! Thanks for sharing at Foodtastic Friday!
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This looks fabulous! Saw you on Love and Laundry! All of your recipes look wonderful! Can’t wait to try this! Newest follower over here! Feel free to drop by cookandcraftmecrazy any time! Can’t wait to see what else you have up your sleeve! xo-Brook
My hubby is the soup maker….I’ll pass this on to him! My OYGIF…http://lore-eleven.blogspot.com/2013/04/catching-light.html
This looks delish!! And, it seems to make enough to store some in the freezer for later. Thank you for sharing this wonderful recipe!
That’s what I do because we are “empty nesters” now so I do a lot of freezing. Great for those days with a busy schedule….can have a meal on the table in minutes!
Yum! We still eat the grilled cheese and tomato soup here. I think we would love the tomato bisque too. Thanks so much for sharing at the Rock ‘N Share linky party. Hope to see you again soon! Blessings, [email protected]
Looks tasty!
This sounds so good! I’ve been on a tomato soup kick lately and I can’t wait to try this one!!!
Thanks for posting!
Beautiful tomato bisque, sounds delicious! I got your link from Mom on Timeouts link party, you have a new follower!
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This looks yummy! My hubby absolutely love grilled cheese and tomato soup and I’m pretty sure he would eat this right up! 😉
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What a wonderful soup recipe. So much better than a canned soup!
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This looks scrumptious! There’s really nothing better than a great tomato soup and a grilled cheese sandwich, is there? I’d love for you to bring this to Tuesday’s Table over at Love in the Kitchen (http://zentmrs.blogspot.com/2013/04/tuesdays-table-for-april-23-2013-and.html)!
You’ve got that right! The combo screams Comfort Food to me.
Yum!
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Mmmm… I LOVE tomato bisque! It’s one of my favorite soups!
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