Absolutely delicious! Left out the fennel seed (too much for my husband) and used one cup whole milk and one cup half-and-half. Can't wait to make this with fresh tomatoes this summer. Truly a masterpiece. Thanks for such a fabulous flavor.
This is wonderful and easy to make. I cut the salt in half and use 2Tlb dried basil instead of the fresh as it's hard to find good fresh basil here. I also add about 1 pound raw shrimp and 1/2 pound scallops and one can of chopped clams for the last 5 or so minutes of cooking (the shrimp turn orange when done). It's an amazing meal that always seems to evaporate before my eyes. Thanks Kim.
This is a good "thick" soup. I did not have anise liqueur or half-n-half so I used 1% milk. I think next time I might add a cup of V8 juice or vegetable broth to make it more soup-like not sauce like.
Yummy! Changed the recipe a bit. Caramelized the onions in the butter and deglazed the pan with dry sherry (no anise liqueur on hand). Added extra fennel and dried basil decreased the salt to a single teaspoon of coarse sea salt and added a bit of sugar to cut the acid of the tomatoes. Instead of half and half used a block of lowfat cream cheese and a cup of skim milk and then hit it with the immersion blender. Ate it with grilled cheese sandwiches. Husband was pleased! Will definitely make again.
Delicious recipe. Like others I used less salt (only 2tsp). I didn't have anise liqueur, but I did have anise extract so I substituted with 2 tsp of extract. I was concerned the anise and fennel would be overpowering given the strong aroma, but after cooking and letting the favors blend I was pleasantly surprised. We loved it!
This is delicious! I was given some home-grown tomatoes so blanched and peeled them. I didn't have fennel or anise I bet those would have made it even better. I like garlic so I added some. I had three varieties of basil growing outside and used a little of each. I didn't have half and half so I used a can of evaporated milk.
so yummy but to much salt for me and im a salt lover
Great soup. I didn't have any anise flavored liqueur but I guess I didn't miss it because it was delicious. I can't wait to use this on pasta.
This bisque is absolutely delicious! I didn't have any anise liquor so used a little bit of 2% milk and it was still amazing. Easy to make and wonderful! I highly recommend this recipe!
10 29 17... http://allrecipes.com/recipe/213228/creamy-tomato-bisque/... I don't think it's just me but I didn't read other reviewers stating that this isn't a soup. It's more a good sauce for pasta. It's good & it's easy; one of those simple-but-really-good recipes. I had a half can crushed tomatoes to use up so made a fourth of the recipe: 1T un B 1/4c onion 14oz crushed toms 1/2t anise extract for the pernod 3/4t fennel 1/2t salt 1/16t pepper 1/2c 1/2&1/2 1/4c basil. 'Don't know that I'll make this again but it is good & I'm glad I tried it.:) UPDATE: I froze this to have with linguine & shrimp but after thawing sauce had such a strong anise flavor I dumped it.
