This Grilled Cheese and Tomato Soup could have been finished 100 instances, however this recipe turns your common grilled cheese into connoisseur goodness!
Our straightforward, 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 positioning… till now! And 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 gained’t wish to make it another approach.
Whereas it’s clearly home made, this tomato soup and grilled cheese recipe is tremendous straightforward — aka straightforward sufficient to make when you may have hungry toddlers at dwelling!
Butter vs. Mayo for Grilled Cheese –>
And should you’re questioning — we’re staff butter an mayo on the subject of grilled cheese. 1 slice will get butter, and the opposite mayonnaise for the proper grilled cheese eva.
Grilled Cheese Elements
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Make the tomato soup: 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 an extra 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. Deliver 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 desire a Vitamix) and punctiliously mix the soup till fully easy.*
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Switch the soup again to the Dutch oven and permit the soup to heat over medium/low warmth when you put together the grilled cheese.
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Make the grilled cheese: Place two cheddar cheese slices and one slice of gouda on prime of 1 slice of bread, after which place the second piece of bread on prime of the cheddar cheese. Unfold butter on the highest of the highest slice.
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Subsequent, warmth a big skillet over medium warmth. Add the grilled cheese, butter-side-down, to the pan and let it cook dinner for 3-4 minutes over medium warmth. Whereas it is cooking, unfold a beneficiant quantity of mayo on prime of the highest slice.
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Flip the grilled cheese and cook dinner for an extra 2-4 minutes on the opposite aspect. We prefer to cowl the grilled cheese to ensure the cheese melts.
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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 suggest a high-speed blender as a result of it leaves you with a smoother soup.
- You should use any kind of bread for the grilled cheese. We used cheddar cheese and gouda cheese, however be happy to make use of another meltable cheese of your selection.
Energy: 541 kcal, Carbohydrates: 54 g, Protein: 21 g, Fats: 29 g, Fiber: 6 g, Sugar: 15 g
Vitamin data is mechanically calculated, so ought to solely be used as an approximation.
Tools 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 desire a Vitamix for mixing the soup to a easy and creamy consistency. Be at liberty to make use of an immersion blender should you desire.
Nice Jones
Dutch Oven
The Nice Jones “The Dutchess” is our favourite Dutch oven for on daily basis cooking. It’s nice for one-pot meals, soups, and extra!
Our Favourite
Blender
Trying to improve your blender? Take a look at our favourite Vitamix Blender. It’s our favourite high-speed blender excellent for making smoothies, soups, and nut butter.
We suggest utilizing and recent sliced cheese that has good meltability, akin to cheddar cheese, gouda and American cheese. All three of those cheese have nice melting properties and style nice collectively.
We don’t suggest utilizing any aged cheeses as they won’t soften nicely.
You should use any kind of bread for the grilled cheese. Sourdough, complete wheat, and white bread all work nicely. However we suggest 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 suggest 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 Ideas
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 certainly one of our go tos! We additionally like 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 greatest loved recent, however you may retailer any leftovers in an hermetic container for as much as 2 days within the fridge.
Images: images taken on this put up are by Erin from The Picket Skillet.
