Soup is a big hit at our house as soon as we hit the colder months, and I was ready! I’m still in love with Gwyneth Paltrow’s My Father’s Daughter cookbook because it features very simple but delicious recipes that don’t require a lot of fancy ingredients. I tried a couple of her recipes and have been very satisfied with the results. When I saw this tomato soup recipe, I knew that I had to make it. My daughter really loves anything with tomatoes, so naturally, I had to try making this soup at home. Not only that it is simple to make, I can make a big batch on Sundays, and have leftovers for the next day or two (and freeze the leftovers, if there’s any left). It goes great with grilled cheese sandwiches–that are truly a life-saver for those busy nights when I only want to spend less than 15-minutes in the kitchen. We love dunking our hot sandwiches into this soup and you will too. Enjoy!
Ingredients
3 tablespoons extra virgin olive oil (or more as desired)
2 cloves garlic, minced
6 fresh, large basil leaves
1 (28-ounce) can whole peeled tomatoes, with juices
~10 pieces of 2-inch round slow roasted tomatoes slices
Kosher salt (I used 2 teaspoons)
Freshly ground pepper (I used 1/2 teaspoon)
Olive oil for drizzling, optional
Directions
Heat the olive oil in a large pot over medium heat. Add the minced garlic and cook for two minutes, stirring so that it doesn’t burn. Add the basil leaves, tomatoes and juice, and 1 -1/2 cups of water. Bring the soup to a boil for 1 minute, then reduce the heat to low and simmer it uncovered for 40 minutes. As it simmers gently break apart the tomatoes with a wooden spoon. After cooking stir in the slow-roasted tomatoes with any juices and season with salt and pepper. Simmer everything together for 5 more minutes and serve hot. Drizzle with olive oil if you’d like.
Yield: 4 servings
Adapted from My Father’s Daughter by Gwyneth Paltrow
this soup looks wonderful
Nothing says winter food to me like grilled cheese and tomato soup. I’m definitely going to have to try this recipe. Great picture too!
Do you use both the can of tomatoes AND 10 fresh ones? Or either 1 (28-ounce) can whole peeled tomatoes, with juices OR ? ~10 pieces of 2-inch round slow roasted tomatoes slices
It sounds so delicious on these chilly winter nights!!
Sara, it is just 1 can of whole peeled tomatoes, and the 10-pcs of slow roasted tomatoes slices. I will add a link to the roasted tomato slices so you can see what I did!
I found your recipe on foodgawker and decided to try it last night. It was amazing! Thanks for the post!! My boyfriend and I absolutely loved it!
AWESOME! Thanks for letting me know!
I love hearing back from my readers 
BTW, I didn’t have time to make the roasted tomato slices so we ended up using a can of fire roasted tomatoes. Next time, we will start with enough time to roast the tomatoes and proceed with the soup!
Sounds like a good plan!
This looks fabulous and a quick weeknight dinner! Can’t wait to make it!
Looks fantastic!
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