# Ultimate Grilled Cheese with Roasted Tomato Soup

This recipe shows how to make a delicious grilled cheese sandwich with roasted tomatoes and a creamy tomato soup.

- Servings: 1 servings
- Total time: 116 min
- Cuisine: Italian
- Category: Soup
- Language: en

## Ingredients

- 1 bowl grape tomatoes
- 2 bulbs garlic
- 1 medium onion
- 1 bottle olive oil
- 1 salt
- 1 pinch black pepper
- 2 stalks celery
- 2 small red onion
- 1 tablespoon tomato paste
- 1 pinch dried oregano
- 1 handful fresh basil
- 1 tablespoon balsamic vinegar
- 1 cup heavy cream
- 2 slices bread
- 1 tablespoon butter
- 1 tablespoon herb butter
- 4 slices cheddar cheese
- 2 slices mozzarella cheese

## Instructions

1. Pour grape tomatoes into a baking sheet.
2. Cut the garlic in half and place the halves amongst the tomatoes.
3. Cut the onion into wedges and place them in the baking sheet with the tomatoes and garlic.
4. Drizzle olive oil, salt and pepper over everything.
5. Bake the tomatoes, garlic, and onion until slightly charred.
6. Finely chop celery and red onion and set aside.
7. Add olive oil to the pot and sauté the finely chopped celery and onion until softened.
8. Add the tomato paste, dried oregano, salt and pepper to the pot. Mix well.
9. Add the roasted tomatoes, garlic, and onion to the pot. Mix everything together.
10. Squeeze the roasted garlic cloves into the pot.
11. Add the fresh basil leaves to the pot and mix.
12. Add balsamic vinegar to the pot.
13. Use an immersion blender to create a smooth tomato soup.
14. Add heavy cream to the soup. Mix well.
15. Season with salt and pepper, to taste.
16. Spread butter and herb butter on both slices of bread.
17. Layer cheddar and mozzarella cheese on top of the herb butter on one slice of bread.
18. Place the other slice of bread on top to form a sandwich.
19. Cook the sandwich in a cast iron skillet until golden brown on both sides.
20. Cut the sandwich in half and serve with the tomato soup.

## Equipment

- baking sheet
- knife
- bowl
- pot
- immersion blender
- cast iron skillet

## Source

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- Extracted: 2025-02-16

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