Tomato Soup with Grilled Cheese

Name: Tomato Soup with Grilled Cheese
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 40 min
Total time: 50 min
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 1kg ripe tomatoes, halved; 1 large onion, diced; 4 cloves garlic; 400ml chicken or vegetable stock; 2 tbsp butter; 1 tbsp olive oil; 1 tsp sugar; 1 tbsp balsamic vinegar; 150ml double cream; salt and pepper to taste; 4 grilled cheese sandwiches to serve

Smooth, rich tomato soup with a grilled cheese toastie for dipping. Roasting the tomatoes, onion and garlic before they go into the pot gives the soup its deep, caramelised sweetness instead of tasting flat and acidic.

Total time

50 min

Prep

10 min

Cook

40 min

Difficulty

easy

Cuisine

American

vegetarian

Ingredients

1kgripe tomatoes, halved

1large onion, diced

4 clovesgarlic

400mlchicken or vegetable stock

2 tbspbutter

1 tbspolive oil

1 tspsugar

1 tbspbalsamic vinegar

150mldouble cream

salt and pepperto taste

4 grilled cheese sandwichesto serve

Instructions

Roast tomatoes, onion and garlic with olive oil at 200°C for 30 minutes.

Transfer to a pot. Add stock and sugar.

Simmer 10 minutes.

Blend until very smooth.

Strain if desired.

Add butter, balsamic and cream.

Season.

Serve with grilled cheese toasties.

Nutrition (estimated)

Per serving, based on a standard 4-serving portion and standard nutrition references — not a lab or USDA-verified measurement.

Calories

321

Protein

Fat

27.8g

Carbs

16.5g

Fiber

3.5g

Sodium

406mg

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