Slow Cooker Creamy Tomato Basil Tortellini Soup
This might just be the best tomato soup you've ever had! It's so easy to make, perfectly flavorful and satisfyingly hearty. And talk about comforting soup after a long day. The cheesy tortellini and cream in this soup just make it truly irresistible!
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Instructions
Heat olive oil in a large skillet over medium-high heat. Add carrots and onion and saute 3 - 4 minutes, add garlic and saute 1 minute longer.
Pour mixture into a 6 or 7 quart slow cooker along with tomatoes, vegetable broth, basil, bay leaves, sugar. Stir and season with salt and pepper to taste. Cover slow cooker and cook on LOW 6 - 7 hours or HIGH 3 - 3 1/2 hours.
Remove bay leaves then puree mixture well in small batches in a blender (only fill blender 2/3 full and cover removable insert with a kitchen towel) or us an emulsion blender*.
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If your slow cooker doesn't keep all the moisture in well while cooking, you may need to add in 1/2 cup water or so at this point so the soup is too thick.
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This is the only tomato soup recipe I will make. I break into two batches, 1 batch with tortellini to eat now and 1 without that I freeze and then just serve with grilled cheese.
We adore this recipe! We follow the recipe exactly
Great recipe! Terrific for a cold winter dinner. I love the onions and carrots in the soup. The only change I made was sausage tortellini as my husband doesn’t like cheese.
This is, by far, the best soup I didn't learn from my Momma.
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This recipe has been a family favorite for many years! Recently my daughter asked me to make it again and I came back to the site for the nutritional information. I just had to add a comment that this is by far the most delicious and comforting tomato soup recipe I have ever tried. It will forever have a place in the family recipe book!
Does this freeze well?
I have been making this soup for several years. My husband thinks I’m a culinary genius. Haha.
Tonight I made three alterations and it resulted in the best batch yet.
It always turns out too thin for me, so i used half as much vegetable broth. I added some celery salt. I used a regular blender instead of an immersion blender because I never get it smooth enough with my immersion blender.
Another tip. Use regular whole carrots. I tried to shortcut with pre shredded carrots once, and they were really grainy.
This was amazing! The flavor is perfect and very simple to make. I cannot wait to make it again!
I made this for our camping group on "Crock pot night" Everyone loved it!! Amazing flavor and very kid friendly. Pretty easy to make too!
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