Tomato Bisque – Soup Mightiness Non Count Every Minute A Meal, Only Bisque For Sure Does

It’s been awhile since I dropped a Seinfeld reference, but this hearty Lycopersicon esculentum bisque had me reminiscing virtually the famous “soup’s non a meal” episode. It’s rich, hearty, as well as satisfyingly thick without beingness heavy. Sorry, Bania, it counts. 

There are unlike opinions on what makes something a bisque. Technically, it’s made from approximately kind of shellfish puree, but modern usage includes vegetables every bit well. Above as well as beyond that, it has to accept cream, as well as survive thickened alongside rice.

One work alongside many of the Lycopersicon esculentum soups I’ve had, is that they are either thickened alongside tons of Lycopersicon esculentum paste, which is similar eating a bowl of pasta sauce, or they’re thickened alongside a flour roux or cornstarch slurry, which leaves them likewise mucilaginous for me. H5N1 piffling rice thickens the soup only every bit good , but also gives it a squeamish silky texture.

As far every bit the canned tomatoes go, we’re using the same declaration hither nosotros role for Lycopersicon esculentum sauce. Unless you lot accept approximately amazingly sweet, vine-ripened specimens around, that you’ve peeled, seeded, as well as cooked downwards to instruct rid of the excess moisture, as well as thence chances are San Marzano tomatoes volition attain a superior product.

I tried to stress inwards the video how of import it is to adapt the seasonings to your liking,  peculiarly the sweetness. Many of us were raised on Campbell’s Lycopersicon esculentum soup (and grilled cheese sandwiches, of course), as well as because that flavor is thence ingrained inwards our gustation memories, you lot remove to instruct this at to the lowest degree unopen for it to work. Taste, adjust, taste, adjust, as well as every bit always, enjoy!

Ingredients for vi Portions:

1 tbsp olive crude

1 loving cup diced onion

1/2 loving cup diced celery

3 cloves garlic

1 quart chicken broth, summation to a greater extent than every bit needed

1 (28-oz) tin mail away crushed San Marzano tomatoes, or virtually three 1/2 cups of other crushed tomatoes

1/2 tsp paprika

3 tbsp white long grain rice

1/2 loving cup heavy cream
1 or ii tsp sugar, or to taste

salt as well as pepper to taste

cayenne to gustation

basil to garnish