{"id":11203,"date":"2013-01-08T01:44:22","date_gmt":"2013-01-08T06:44:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/willceau.com\/news\/?p=11203"},"modified":"2019-11-25T22:09:01","modified_gmt":"2019-11-26T03:09:01","slug":"tomato-basil-soup","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/willceau.com\/news\/2013\/01\/08\/tomato-basil-soup\/","title":{"rendered":"Tomato Basil Soup"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/Food-Header-12.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"6237\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/willceau.com\/news\/2012\/01\/17\/apple-cake\/food-header-1-3\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/Food-Header-12.jpg?fit=640%2C144&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"640,144\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Food-Header-1\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/Food-Header-12.jpg?fit=640%2C144&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-6237\" alt=\"Food-Header-1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/Food-Header-12.jpg?resize=640%2C144&#038;ssl=1\" width=\"640\" height=\"144\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/Food-Header-12.jpg?w=640&amp;ssl=1 640w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/Food-Header-12.jpg?resize=300%2C67&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/TomatoBasilSoup.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"11211\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/willceau.com\/news\/2013\/01\/08\/tomato-basil-soup\/tomatobasilsoup\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/TomatoBasilSoup.jpg?fit=640%2C488&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"640,488\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"TomatoBasilSoup\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/TomatoBasilSoup.jpg?fit=640%2C488&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-11211\" alt=\"TomatoBasilSoup\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/TomatoBasilSoup.jpg?resize=640%2C488&#038;ssl=1\" width=\"640\" height=\"488\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/TomatoBasilSoup.jpg?w=640&amp;ssl=1 640w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/TomatoBasilSoup.jpg?resize=300%2C228&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>January is here, it&#8217;s cold, and I&#8217;ve really been in the mood for some soup. This is not just any tomato soup,\u00a0this is the Cadillac of tomato soups! Paired with a grilled cheese sandwich, it&#8217;s comfort food at it&#8217;s finest. I&#8217;ve had good results with La Valle and Cento San Marzano Tomatoes. Expect to pay $4 &#8211; $5 a can &#8211; considering tomatoes are the main ingredient in this recipe, it&#8217;s well worth buying higher quality tomatoes.<!--more--><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\u00a04 tablespoons unsalted butter<\/li>\n<li>2 medium yellow onions, sliced (about 1 1\/2 cups)<\/li>\n<li>2 teaspoons kosher salt<\/li>\n<li>1\/2 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper<\/li>\n<li>29 ounce can of San Marzano tomatoes with their juice<\/li>\n<li>1 tablespoon granulated sugar<\/li>\n<li>3 1\/2 cups water<\/li>\n<li>1\/2 cup basil leaves<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>1. Melt the butter in a saucepan, add the onion, salt and pepper &#8211; stir well. Cook over medium heat until the onions begin to soften &#8211; don&#8217;t let the onions brown.<\/p>\n<p>2. Pour in tomatoes and sugar, stir and cook for 5 minutes. Add the water, bring to a simmer, stirring often for 15 minutes.<\/p>\n<p>3. Remove from heat and add the fresh basil, let sit for 10 minutes.<\/p>\n<p>4. Pour tomato mixture into a blender filling the jar up halfway. Remove the fill cap from the blender lid, place a kitchen towel over the opening and pur\u00e9e in batches. Serves six.<\/p>\n<p><em>Adapted from Scott Peacock&#8217;s Tomato Basil Soup.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>January is here, it&#8217;s cold, and I&#8217;ve really been in the mood for some soup. This is not just any tomato soup,\u00a0this is the Cadillac of tomato soups! Paired with a grilled cheese sandwich, it&#8217;s comfort food at it&#8217;s finest. &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/willceau.com\/news\/2013\/01\/08\/tomato-basil-soup\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[1238],"tags":[2213,2220,2214,2211,2212],"class_list":["post-11203","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-lovin-from-the-oven","tag-cento","tag-comfort-food","tag-la-valle","tag-san-marzano-tomatoes","tag-soup"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p1ed1x-2UH","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":25041,"url":"https:\/\/willceau.com\/news\/2019\/02\/18\/tomato-gravy-with-onion-butter\/","url_meta":{"origin":11203,"position":0},"title":"Tomato Gravy with Onion &#038; Butter","author":"Tina Garceau","date":"February 18, 2019","format":false,"excerpt":"This recipe originated with Marcella Hazan, I've been reading about it on various food blogs for years. 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