Winter Warming Tomato Soup Recipe

Unlike much of the UK over the weekend, we didn’t see any snow however it was very cold, but also beautifully bright and sunny so as we are trying to work over our jungle – I mean garden into something to enjoy and grow our own vegetables in we headed out. Staying warm after such a morning meant that soup was needed, but true to form as we’re not a big soup eating family there wasn’t a quick tin in the cupboard that we could use so time for me to cook from the store cupboard a quick and easy winter warming tomato soup.

With only a few minutes something easy to put together was essential, I’d been helping in the garden so needed to come in and prep and cook it in the time that it took my husband to herd up the ice breaking kids and put away the garden tools. Our storecupboard generally has the same sorts of stuff in and I knew that there would be some stock and a tin of tomatoes hidden in the back – we’ve recently switched to passata for sauces as the kids prefer the smoother taste of it and they will then eat the food whereas otherwise it’s left on the plates!

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Ingredients for Winter Warming Tomato Soup

1 medium onion

3 cloves of garlic (we do like our garlic)

400g tin of chopped tomatoes

Handful of mushrooms

500ml of chicken stock (vegetable stock works just as well)

1 and 1/2 teaspoons of chilli powder

1 teaspoon of garlic salts (I did say we liked garlic didn’t I!)

pinch of paprika

pinch of cayenne pepper

splash of Worcestershire sauce

1 teaspoon of balsamic vinegar

1 tablespoon of red wine

Olive Oil

Step by step

Chop up the onions and mushrooms and crush the garlic gloves.

In a pan heat some oil and then add the onions, mushrooms and garlic brown these off until the onions are soft.

Pour in the tin of chopped tomatoes and the chicken stock

Stir and bring to the boil.

Once boiling add in the red wine, balsamic vinegar and Worcestershire sauce

Season with some salt and pepper

Add in your spices and stir

Simmer for 10 minutes to reduce and concentrate the flavours

Then using a hand blender puree to a smooth consistency and serve with some freshly baked bread

Try this Easy Bread Dough Recipe to make your own rolls to accompany the soup

Delicious Soup Recipes to Cook at Home

If you like this quick and easy tomato soup then why not make our Roasted Tomato Soup with homegrown onions and garlic. It’s easy to make and all 3 are so easy to grow at home that you don’t even need a garden just some pots.