Roasting the tomatoes before making the soup gives this homemade vegan tomato soup a wonderful flavour. Easy to make and a delicious and healthy lunch that everyone can enjoy.
What’s your favourite soup? Mine – and that of my children – has always been tomato. Not particularly the slightly orangey version that comes in a tin but this. A delicious homemade tomato soup, vegan of course, and made with fresh tomatoes, roasted slowly with onion, garlic and plenty of olive oil. Basil is essential too.
You’ll be surprised how easy this is to make. There’s minimal chopping involved and the oven does most of the hard work. You will need a blender but a stick blender will do the job just as well as a large jug blender. If you prefer just blend half of it if you like more texture to your soup.
Serve this soup with crusty bread, croutons or perhaps a toasted bagel for a more filling meal. A tin of chickpeas is a good addition too. It can be frozen for a convenient lunch or dinner on a busy day, or to enjoy later in the year when good quality fresh tomatoes are harder to come by.
If you like this you might also like this Jerusalem artichoke and celeriac soup or this spiced butternut squash and sweet potato soup.
Homemade vegan tomato soup with basil
Roasting the tomatoes before making the soup gives this homemade vegan tomato soup a wonderful flavour. Easy to make and a delicious and healthy lunch that everyone can enjoy.
Ingredients
- 8 large ripe tomatoes quartered
- 1 onion sliced
- 3 cloves garlic peeled
- 2 tbsp olive oil
- handful basil leaves
- 500 ml vegetable stock
- 1 tbsp balsamic vinegar
- salt and pepper to taste
Instructions
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Pre-heat the oven to 180°C (fan)/200°C/gas mark 6.
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Place the tomatoes, onion, garlic and olive oil in a large roasting tin. Stir and roast for 20 minutes. Stir and return to the oven for a further 20 minutes. Add the basil leaves for the last five minutes.
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Transfer to a large saucepan, or straight to a blender (check first that it can handle hot ingredients). Add the vegetable stock, balsamic vinegar and season with salt and pepper to taste.
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Pulse to the desired consistency. Serve immediately with bread.
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I have tried making a tasty tomato soup a number of times and it has never been quite right. I will definitely be giving this a go because it looks delicious!
Thanks so much Cat – I really hope you enjoy it – do let me know x
Such a wonderful looking soup and so easy to make!
Thanks Balvinder – it really is delicious x
Soup is ideal now the weather is not baking hot. Who doesn’t love a tomato soup – not me! Thank you for linking to #CookBlogShare
Thanks Jacqui – this is just the right soup for this time of year – when you can still get British tomatoes but it’s not baking hot outside.
Yes please! This is my kind of soup. I just love ‘proper’ tomato soup and even better with roasted tomatoes!! That bread looks pretty awesome too. Is it homemade? Eb x
Thanks Eb! This really is a delicious soup. The bread wasn’t homemade, I can’t remember where I bought it now but most likely Sainsbury’s!!
Ooohhhh! Yum! Tomato basil & balsamic what a perfect combination!!!
It’s such a classic isn’t it – always goes so well together x