# Gordon Ramsay's Roasted Creamy Tomato Soup with Sun-Dried Tomato Pesto and Welsh Rarebit Toast

Gordon Ramsay's Roasted Creamy Tomato Soup is a dish that transforms fresh tomatoes into a culinary masterpiece, served with sun-dried tomato pesto and Welsh rarebit toast.

- Servings: 3 servings
- Total time: 5 min
- Cuisine: Italian
- Category: Soup
- Language: en

## Ingredients

- 12 ripe vine tomatoes
- 1 red onion
- 2 cloves garlic
- 1 pinch salt
- 1 pinch pepper
- 1 pinch sugar
- 1 pinch cayenne
- 1 tablespoon balsamic vinegar
- 4 sun-dried tomatoes
- 1 handful pine nuts
- 50 g Parmesan cheese
- 2 tablespoons extra virgin olive oil
- 200 ml vegetable or chicken stock
- 100 ml cream
- 50 g butter
- 50 g flour
- 100 ml stout
- 1 tablespoon mustard
- 1 dash Worcestershire sauce
- 200 g Montgomery cheddar
- 3 slices country loaf

## Instructions

1. Select ripe vine tomatoes, core them and quarter them.
2. Finely slice red onion and garlic.
3. Season the tomatoes with salt, pepper, sugar, cayenne, and balsamic vinegar.
4. Roast the tomatoes, onion, and garlic for 20-25 minutes at 180°C.
5. Make sun-dried tomato pesto by toasting pine nuts and then combining them with sun-dried tomatoes, Parmesan, and olive oil in a pestle and mortar.
6. Add vegetable or chicken stock to the roasted tomatoes and simmer.
7. Blend or mash the tomato mixture to your desired consistency.
8. Stir in cream.
9. Make a roux with butter and flour.
10. Add stout, mustard, and Worcestershire sauce to the roux.
11. Stir in Montgomery cheddar.
12. Toast bread slices and spread the cheese mixture over them.
13. Grill cheese on toast until blistered and bubbly.
14. Serve the creamy tomato soup with the sun-dried tomato pesto and the cheese on toast.

## Equipment

- oven
- knife
- pestle and mortar
- grater
- frying pan
- immersion blender

## Source

- Original video: https://youtu.be/Q96I_lUbx_Y?si=PZeRRkVKinwkb46P
- Recipe page: https://www.cliprecipe.com/recipe/b2d9f268-273b-4ff5-a1d9-d20dede08b6d
- Extracted: 2025-04-02

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