This Grilled Cheese and Tomato Soup might have been executed 100 instances, however this recipe turns your common grilled cheese into connoisseur goodness! Our wealthy, home made tomato soup combines grilled cheese made with sourdough bread, gouda, and American cheese for further gooey cheesiness. If we’re making GCTS at dwelling, that is the one recipe we’re utilizing 😋
We went straight to fancy with our Roasted Peach and Gouda Grilled Cheese, however we haven’t shared our traditional grilled cheese recipe that everybody is aware of and loves on the location… till now! And you realize we had so as to add our personal particular flare. This grilled cheese and tomato soup recipe is (to not toot our personal horn) the way it’s DONE. You received’t wish to make it another method.
Whereas it’s clearly home made, this tomato soup and grilled cheese recipe is tremendous simple — aka simple sufficient to make when you might have hungry toddlers at dwelling!
Grilled Cheese Elements
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Warmth olive oil in a Dutch oven over medium/excessive warmth. Add the onion to the pan and season with ½ teaspoon of salt. Prepare dinner the onions down till translucent, 7-9 minutes.
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Add the tomato paste and garlic to the onions and saute for a further 2 minutes.
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Subsequent, add the crushed tomatoes, peeled tomatoes, hen broth, Worcestershire, and brown sugar to the pot. Stir to mix. Carry the combination to a boil over medium/excessive warmth.
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Flip the warmth to low and permit the soup to simmer for five minutes.
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Switch the soup to a high-speed blender (we favor a Vitamix) and thoroughly mix the soup till utterly easy.*
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Switch the soup again to the Dutch oven and permit the soup to heat over medium/low warmth whilst you put together the grilled cheese.
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Butter one aspect of every slice of bread.
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Place two cheddar cheese slices and one slice of gouda on high of 1 slice of bread, after which place the second piece of bread on high of the cheddar cheese. Put aside.
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Subsequent, warmth a big skillet over medium warmth.
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Add the grilled cheese to the pan and let it prepare dinner for 3-4 minutes over medium warmth.
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Flip the grilled cheese and prepare dinner for a further 2-4 minutes on the opposite aspect. The cheese needs to be utterly melted earlier than eradicating the grilled cheese from the skillet.
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Slice every grilled cheese sandwich in half, and serve alongside the tomato soup.
- Choice to mix the soup with an immersion blender within the Dutch oven. Observe that we advocate a high-speed blender as a result of it leaves you with a smoother soup.
- You should use any sort of bread for the grilled cheese. We used cheddar cheese and gouda cheese, however be at liberty to make use of another meltable cheese of your alternative.
Energy: 541 kcal, Carbohydrates: 54 g, Protein: 21 g, Fats: 29 g, Fiber: 6 g, Sugar: 15 g
Vitamin data is robotically calculated, so ought to solely be used as an approximation.
Gear Wanted
- Dutch oven: You’ll want a Dutch oven to make your tomato soup! It’s the best choice for even cooking and simple cleanup. We prefer to retailer our leftover soup proper within the dutch oven within the fridge.
- Excessive-speed blender: We favor a Vitamix for mixing the soup to a easy and creamy consistency. Be at liberty to make use of an immersion blender for those who favor.
Nice Jones
Dutch Oven
The Nice Jones “The Dutchess” is our favourite Dutch oven for day-after-day cooking. It’s nice for one-pot meals, soups, and extra!
Our Favourite
Blender
Seeking to improve your blender? Try our favourite Vitamix Blender. It’s our favourite high-speed blender good for making smoothies, soups, and nut butter.
We advocate utilizing and recent sliced cheese that has good meltability, corresponding to cheddar cheese, gouda and American cheese. All three of those cheese have nice melting properties and style nice collectively.
We don’t advocate utilizing any aged cheeses as they won’t soften properly.
You should use any sort of bread for the grilled cheese. Sourdough, entire wheat, and white bread all work properly. However we advocate utilizing bakery sourdough bread for an additional connoisseur contact!
In fact! You possibly can mix the soup with an immersion blender proper within the Dutch oven. We advocate a high-speed blender as a result of it leaves you with a smoother soup.
right here’s a tip!
For an additional burst of taste, strive including some recent herbs like basil or thyme to your tomato soup earlier than mixing.
Serving Solutions
I like to counteract the wealthy and creamy flavors of grilled cheese and tomato soup with a crisp, refreshing salad. This Grilled Caesar Salad with Grilled Croutons is one in all our go tos! We additionally adore it with this French Carrot Salad with Honey Mustard Dressing or our traditional Spring Combine Salad.
This tomato soup might be saved in an hermetic container within the fridge for as much as 4 days. The grilled cheese is finest loved recent, however you’ll be able to retailer any leftovers in an hermetic container for as much as 2 days within the fridge.
Pictures: images taken on this publish are by Erin from The Wood Skillet.
