Ingredients
9 tomatoes, (about 4 cups) peeled, cored, and chopped, (or 35 oz canned tomatoes)
2 cup tomato juice, preferably V8 Vegetable Juice
2 cup chicken stock
5 tbsp basil leaves, fresh, cleaned
1 cup heavy cream
¼ cup unsalted butter
salt, to taste
ground black pepper, to taste
Parmesan cheese, grated, to garnish
Preparation
Simmer the chopped tomatoes, tomato juice, and chicken stock in a saucepan for 30 minutes.
Remove from the heat. Then, puree the mixture with the basil leaves in the cooking pan using an immersion blender.
Return to low heat and stir while adding heavy cream and butter.
Transfer to a bowl. Sprinkle each serving with grated parmesan and more basil leaves.
Serve with garlic bread and enjoy!
