Creamy Tomato Soup with Gnocchi
Gnocchi makes an amazing combination with tomato soup. With just this simple addition, you get a rich and comforting meal that’s good for dinner or lunch. Nothing takes away cold weather blues like a big bowl of comforting creamy tomato soup and gnocchi.
This tomato soup is a slight twist on my classic tomato soup. I don’t just make it creamy, but I also take an extra step to roast tomatoes first. This give a very nice addition to the overall flavor of the soup. While I add the cream to the soup, it’s not as thick, rich and creamy as my tomato bisque because that would be a way too rich paired with gnocchi.
As far as gnocchi, you have a few options as well. You can use store-bought or homemade gnocchi in the soup. And if you need to make this recipe glute free, you can get gluten free gnocchi.
Variations and Allergy Alternatives
- Gluten Free: This soup can easily be made gluten free. Just use 1:1 all purpose gluten free flour to thicken the soup and use gluten free gnocchi. It’s quite exciting that they make gluten free gnocchi because it’s one of my favorite comfort foods. I love gnocchi so much more that pasta.
- Milk and cream: Some brands make plant based heavy whipping cream but note that it’s much lighter because it’s meant for whipping. I’d recommend using lactose free half and half if lactose is the issue. You can also use a 13 oz. can of unsweetened coconut milk if you need to keep it dairy free. Note that the taste of soup will be slightly sweeter and it might have a mild hint of coconut. Cashew cream can also be another option.
- Cheese: if you want to make your tomato soup cheesy as well, stir in 1/4-1/2 cups of freshly grated parmesan cheese or Parmigiano-Reggiano. Note that freshly grated cheese will melt with the soup much better than pre-shredded.
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Creamy Tomato Soup with Gnocchi Recipe
Ingredients
- 42 oz. canned whole tomatoes peeled
- 2 tbsp olive oil for drizzling tomatoes
- 2 tsp dried oregano
- 2 tbsp olive oil for cooking
- 1 yellow onion diced
- 2 medium carrots diced
- 6 garlic cloves smashed and minced
- Roasted tomatoes from above
- 2 tbsp all purpose flour
- 16 oz vegetable broth room temperature or warmed
- 2 tsp white granulated sugar
- 2 tbsp minced fresh basil
- Salt
- ¼ cup heavy whipping cream
- 16 oz. gnocchi**
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 425℉ and lightly grease a rimmed baking sheet.
- Open cans of whole tomatoes and drain off the juice. Place tomatoes in the cookie sheet, in one even layer. Drizzle with some olive oil and sprinkle some oregano over tomatoes.
- Bake for 15-18 minutes.
- Meanwhile, preheat a pot on stovetop over medium heat.
- Add some oil for cooking and add diced onion and carrots.
- Peel, smash, and chop garlic. Add it to the veggies. Sautee for a few minutes.
- Add roasted tomatoes to the pot and mix well.
- Sprinkle flour over veggies evenly and mix well.
- Start pouring in broth, while stirring.
- Add salt, sugar, and basil. Stir and cook for about 15 minutes.
- Blend everything until smooth. You can use an immersion blender to blend everything smooth or you can transfer it into a standing blender.
- If using a stand up mixer, transfer blended soup back into the pot. Stir in heavy whipping cream.
- Add gnocchi and cook until they start to float up.
Notes
- Storing: If serving all the soup right away, cook all the gnocchi in the soup. If you only plan to eat a couple of servings at first, cook a portion of gnocchi in soup as needed.
- Note, that you can store gnocchi in the soup but no longer than 1-2 days. It will soak up the liquid from the soup so you may need to add a splash of broth to the soup when reheating.
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Originally published on Will Cook For Smiles in January 2018.
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