Creamy Tomato Soup in an Instant Pot with Puff Pastry Top

In this recipe I will show you how to make very creamy and tasty tomato soup. In addition I will show you how to present this soup to impress your family and guests. With a small trick using store bought puff pastry dough you can make a soup pastry top which will look phenomenal and let you experience french fine dining at a leisure of your own home with minimum cooking skills. Just like all recipes on my channel, this one will be equally simple. 

To prepare this soup I will be using Instant Pot which makes the preparation process faster and easier. Entire cooking process should take you about 40 minutes including pressurizing and natural pressure release of the pressure cooker. 

Step#1 

Chop onion and garlic, cut potatoes in medium cubes. Turn on Instant Pot on saute mode and fry onion until translucent ( about 5 minutes ), then garlic and fry for another minute. 

Now you can start adding the rest of the ingredients: potatoes, tomatoes and 4 cups of chicken broth. For the vegetarian version you can use water or vegetable broth instead. Then add spices: salt, black pepper, red pepper flakes and some dried basil. Since broth is already salty, don't add too much salt. You can always add more at the final stages of the cooking process. Now close the instant pot, turn on manual cooking mode and set for 10 minutes. 

Step#2

Wait for natural release to open up Instant Pot. You don't want to do manual release with a lot of hot liquid inside, it could go all over your kitchen. Using a hand held blender, mix soup on high until it becomes a very smooth, about 3 minutes. Be careful not to spill, it is very hot. Now you can taste it to make sure you have enough spices. Then stir in 1 cup of heavy cream, it will make the soup creamy. Sprinkle some fresh basil and it is ready to serve. 

If you want to create a special experience for your family or guests I would recommend adding a pastry top which will make the presentation of this soup amazing. 

I am using store bought puff pastry from Trader Joe’s. 

1. Put soup into ovenproof bowls

2. Preheat oven to 375-400°F 

3. Cut out circles from the dough. Diameter of the circles should be about 1 inch larger than the diameter of the bowls.  This way the dough could be attached to the sides. I am using a larger plate to make a perfect circle. 

4. Put the egg white into a small bowl, add 1 tablespoon of water and beat lightly. 

5. Now using a pastry brush, paint one side of the circle with the egg wash and attach it on top of the bowl with the egg wash side down. Gently pull dough on all sides so it sits very tight on top of the bowl. Gently brush the top of the dough with egg wash and send it to the oven for ~15 min or until the dough puffs and turns golden brown. 

Before you serve, let it sit for 5-10 minutes. It is very hot. 

I hope you will enjoy this recipe.