My Food and Recipe Diary

My Food and Recipe Diary

Wednesday, May 19, 2010

Grilled Cheese and Tomato Soup

I saw some pictures on food gawker of sandwiches that made me want to make a fancy grilled cheese for dinner one night. I decided to do that last night and make a tomato soup to go with it. I looked at some recipes but didn't follow any one in particular so I was really proud of how well it came out. I thought everything was delicious and definitely want to make this again.

Tomato soup Ingredients:
1 sweet onion
2 cloves garlic
olive oil
2tbsp butter
about 2 tbsp red wine vinegar
1 box pomi tomatoes
dried basil
splash of balsamic vinegar
1 can vegetable broth
small splash of worcestershire sauce
salt, pepper

Directions:
Chop the onion and garlic. Heat olive oil and butter over medium heat and then sautee onion and garlic for a while until softened and just starting to brown. Deglaze with the red wine vinegar. Add tomatoes. Bring to a boil and add vegetable broth. Return to a boil and season with dried basil, salt, pepper, balsamic vinegar and worcestershire sauce. Simmer on low. Puree soup in a food processor or blender and then warm until ready to serve.

Grilled Cheese Ingredients:
1 italian round loaf, sliced
grated gruyere cheese
butter, room temperature
truffle oil

Directions:
Slice the bread. Butter one side of a slice of bread and then brush truffle oil on the other. Layer the grated cheese on top of the oiled side. Place in nonstick pan over medium low heat to brown. Butter another piece of bread and oil the other side. Place oiled side down on cheese in pan. When bread has gotten toasted and brown, flip over to toast the other side. Toast for a few minutes, remove, slice and serve.

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