# Grilled Cheese & Tomato Soup

This recipe shows how to prepare a grilled cheese sandwich with bacon jam and serve it with tomato soup.

- Total time: 12 min
- Cuisine: American
- Category: Soup
- Language: en

## Ingredients

- 1 can peeled tomatoes from San Marzano can
- 1 bell pepper
- 1 white onion
- 1 whole garlic
- 0 olive oil
- 0 salt
- 0 pepper
- 1 tbsp sugar
- 1 tbsp garlic
- 0.25 cup heavy cream
- 1 tbsp butter
- 1 tsp parsley flakes
- 1 tsp chili
- 1 squeeze lemon
- 5 slices bacon
- 1 white onion
- 2 shallots
- 2 minced garlic
- 0.5 cup brown sugar
- 0.33 cup maple syrup
- 0.33 cup apple cider vinegar
- 0 gruyere cheese
- 0 cheddar cheese
- 0 pepper jack cheese
- 3 pieces bacon
- 4 tbsp mayonnaise
- 0.5 tbsp fresh herbs
- 0.5 tbsp garlic powder

## Instructions

1. Add tomatoes, bell pepper, onion, and garlic (wrapped in foil) to a baking tray. Season with olive oil, salt, and pepper.
2. Bake at 400°F for 40 minutes, or until vegetables are charred.
3. Remove from oven and blend with heavy cream.
4. Transfer to a stovetop, and add sugar, butter, parsley flakes, chili, and lemon. Add more heavy cream if needed.
5. Cook bacon until crisp, then remove and set aside, reserving bacon fat.
6. Sauté onions and shallots in bacon fat for 15 minutes.
7. Add minced garlic, brown sugar, maple syrup, cooked bacon, and apple cider vinegar.
8. Simmer for 5 minutes; set aside.
9. Spread mayonnaise sauce on both sides of bread slices.
10. Place bread slices in a pan on low heat.
11. Add bacon jam and cheese to bread, then add bacon slices.
12. Cook slowly until bread is golden brown.

## Equipment

- oven
- blender
- frying pan
- knife

## Source

- Original video: https://www.tiktok.com/t/ZP8FcDpfR/
- Recipe page: https://www.cliprecipe.com/recipe/9534243f-80c5-4e6a-bc8b-77a2da59da67
- Extracted: 2025-01-25

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