Select Sauté or Browning on your Pressure Cooker cooking pot and allow to fully heat.
Add oil and then add carrots, onions and dried basil. Sauté for 4 minutes, or until vegetables start to caramelize and the onions become a bit translucent.
Add canned tomatoes, chicken broth, cream, salt and pepper. If using Optional Ingredients, add them now.
Lock on Lid and close Pressure Valve. Cook at High Pressure for 5 minutes. When Beep is heard, allow a full Natural Pressure Release.
Remove lid. Use an immersion blender and blend until soup is smooth. Taste and adjust with salt and pepper, if needed. Garnish with Fresh Basil
Adding the optional ingredients, will take up the flavor a notch or two and therefore, no longer be a Nordstrom copycat.If using half and half, add it in after pressure release. Cream can be added along with the other liquid..