Grilled Cheese Sandwich with Tomato Soup
It's chilly outside, warm and cozy inside the house and it just makes you want to have a good gourmet comfort food. This particular day I was craving me a good gooey grilled cheese sandwich with a side of warm herby tomato soup. So I'm going to take a good classic childhood meal and adult it using no canned goods here. This meal here is made with quality time and love that will sit comfortably in your belly. If you're feeling this comfy vibe, let's get right to it.
Prep: 15m
Cook: 20m
Total: 35m
Complexity: Simple
Servings: 1
Ingredients
Grilled Cheese Sandwich Ingredients:
- 2 slices of bread of choice
- 1 slice of sharp medium cheddar cheese
- 1 slice of mozzarella cheese
- 2 tablespoon of softened salted butter
Tomato Soup Ingredients:
- 3 tomato on the vine
- 1 tsp of dried dill
- 1 tsp of dried oregano
- 1 tsp of dried thyme
- 1 tablespoon of salt
- 1 tablespoon of parmesan cheese
- 1/4 cup of heavy cream (optional)
Instructions
Tomato Soup Directions:
- Fill the saucepan with water to enough to submerge the tomatoes at medium to high heat on the stovetop. Add 1 tablespoon of salt into the saucepan. Boil until the tomato skin has split.
- In a blender, use tongs to grab each tomato and place it in the blender. Use the soup setting of the blender and blend the tomatoes.
- Pour the blended tomato mixture from the blender into the saucepan.
- Add salt, dill, thyme, oregano, parmesan cheese, and optional heavy cream (for a rich creamy texture) and stir.
Grilled Cheese Sandwich Directions:
- Spread the softened salted butter on a slice of bread with a butter knife.
- Place the buttered side of the first bread onto a nonstick pan.
- Add a slice of sharp cheddar cheese and mozzarella cheese on top and cover with lid for about 1-2 minutes or until the bottom of the bread is golden brown.
- Spread salted butter on the 2nd slice of bread and add it on top of the slices of cheese. Be sure to have the buttered side of the bread facing up.
- Use a spatula to flip the sandwich and cook for another 1-2 minutes or until golden with no lid cover at medium heat. (If the other side of the sandwich is golden brown but the cheese has not yet melted, flip the sandwich, cover the lid at low heat until the cheese melts.)