Fire-Roasted Tomatoes:
This recipes calls for the use of canned fire-roasted diced tomatoes. The fire roasted adds a lot of extra smokey flavor, which we highly recommend. If you want to make the soup base completely from scratch, roasting your own tomatoes, you certainly can following this recipe!
Basil:
It’s extremely important to use fresh basil in this recipe. Nothing compares to the flavor of fresh basil and dried just won’t cut it!
Mozzarella:
It is vital to use fresh mozzarella in caprese soup. You can use pre-sliced fresh mozzarella if you like, but you definitely want to avoid shredded mozzarella from the grocery store. The success of caprese soup is largely due to the quality of your ingredients, so much sure to use a high quality fresh mozzarella.
Do I have to purée Easy Caprese Soup?
In this recipe we instruct you to purée the soup. If you want to switch things up with a chunky tomato soup, either partially purée it, or leave it completely chunky. When pureeing you can either use an immersion blender or transfer it to a regular blender. Just remember to vent out the blender so that pressure doesn’t build up. You don’t want a tomato explosion! If you like this recipe, you may be interested in these other delicious Italian inspired recipes:
Lasagna Stuffed Chicken BreastsPressed Italian Picnic SandwichesHomemade FocacciaSheet Pan Chicken Caprese
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