Instant Pot Tomato Basil Soup with Parmesan

Ingredients

• Olive oil

  Salad or cooking

  1 tbsp or 14g

• Carrots

  Raw

  1 cup chopped or 128g

• Onions

  Raw

  ½ cup, chopped or 80g

• Celery

  Raw

  1 cup chopped or 101g

• Tomatoes

  Red, ripe, canned, packed in tomato juice

  2 can or 380g

• Tomato paste

  Canned, without salt added

  2 tbsp or 32g

• Chicken broth

  Soup, canned, ready-to-serve

  4 cup or 960g

• Basil

  Fresh

  ¼ cup leaves, whole or 6g

• Oregano

  Spices, dried

  1 tsp, ground or 2g

• Butter

  Unsalted

  ½ cup or 114g

• Wheat flour

  White, all-purpose, unenriched

  ½ cup or 63g

• Parmesan cheese

  Low sodium

  1 cup, grated or 100g

• Half and half cream

  Fluid

  1 ½ cup or 363g

• Salt

  Table

  1 tsp or 6g

• Pepper

  Spices, black

  ¼ tsp or 0.5g

Directions

1. Add oil to the instant pot and turn to saute. Add carrots, onions and celery to the pot and saute for 2 minutes. Add diced tomatoes, tomato paste, chicken broth, oregano, and basil and stir to combine.
2. Turn Instant pot off. Secure instant pot lid and set the valve to "sealing".
3. Cook on Manual/High Pressure for 5 minutes. When the timer beeps allow the pressure to naturally release for 5 minutes.
4. Meanwhile, make the roux. Add butter to a large saucepan over medium-low heat. Once butter has melted, stir in the flour.
5. Cook, stirring constantly for about 10 minutes or until the roux is a nice golden brown color.
6. Pour the soup from the instant pot into a blender and blend until smooth (please do this in 2-3 batches, depending on how big your blender is).
7. Add one cup of the pureed soup from the instant pot to the roux and stir to combine. The mixture will start to form a thick paste. Slowly add another 3 cups of soup to the roux. Add the roux mixture back to the instant pot and stir until smooth.
8. Stir in the Parmesan cheese, half and half and salt and pepper. Tastes and add additional oregano and basil if desired, to taste.
9. Recipe by: Lauren Allen (source: https://tastesbetterfromscratch.com/instant-pot-tomato-basil-soup-with-parmesan/)

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