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Butter-Braised Tomato Soup

4 Servings

40 minutes

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In “The Essentials of Classic Italian Cooking,” Marcella Hazan shared her now-famous recipe for a sublimely delicious, remarkably simple sauce made with nothing more than tomatoes, onion and butter. This soup turns that sauce into a light meal. If you own an immersion blender, the soup can be pureed directly in the pot, but the texture won’t be as velvety as if processed in a conventional blender. We top individual bowlfuls with olive oil-toasted baguette slices, a dollop of pesto and shaved Parmesan. Homemade pesto is best, of course, but store-bought is fine; we’ve found, however, that refrigerated pesto tastes fresher than the shelf-stable type sold in jars. A Y-style vegetable peeler is the best tool for planing off wide, thin shavings from a chunk of Parmesan cheese.

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Tip

Don’t use underripe tomatoes. The best soup is made with ripe, in-season tomatoes. However, in non-summer months, Campari tomatoes (also known as cocktail tomatoes) work almost as well. We don’t recommend cherry or grape tomatoes, as their tough skins don’t puree well.

40 minutes

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Reviews
Diana L.
September 19, 2022
Tastes good
I made this soup using tomatoes from my garden. It was easy to make and tastes good. However, I don't know if adding 4 cups of stock is correct or my tomatoes had more water? I had 3 1/2 pounds of tomatoes and I have added 2 cups of stock. If I had added more, it would have been too much.
Mia L.

Very tasty and easy to make! My 3yo also enjoyed it!