Tomato Soup and Grilled Cheese Croutons

We are in the end of first week of our month long marathon. This is my final post for the combos around the world.I wanted to make a simple combo so ended up with tomato soup and grilled cheese croutons.

Tomato soup can be served both cold and hot .There are several ways to make it like thick or thin or sometimes with chunks.

Tomato soup is famous worldwide ,however it is the popular comfort food in Poland .So for the last day of combos, I made this thick and creamy tomato sauce with grilled cheese croutons.

Tomato soup
Grilled cheese croutons

Ingredients:
1 can tomatoes,crushed
1 onion,finely chopped
2-3 garlic cloves,minced
1 bay leaf
1 tablespoon sugar
1 tablespoon olive oil
1/2 cup vegetable broth
1/4 cup heavy cream
few parsley leaves,chopped
salt to taste
pepper to taste

For Croutons
2 sandwich bread
1 tablespoon olive oil
1 tablespoon butter
1/4 cup shredded cheddar

Method:
For soup:
Heat olive oil in a pan, add garlic cloves , bay leaf and chopped onions.Cook fro 2-3 minutes until onions are light brown .
Now add crushed tomatoes and let it cook for few minutes.Season with salt and pepper.
Let the mixture cool , transfer in blender and blend until smooth using vegetable broth.
Transfer the soup again in the cooking pan, add heavy cream and cook for 7-8 minutes more,dtir in between.

Serve-2 Cooking time-20 minutes

For Grilled cheese croutons:
Heat olive oil in a grill or nonstick pan.Toast two bread slices with butter .Place them on the warm pan,buttered side down .Cook for 1 minute.
Apply a thick layer of cheddar cheese and top up with remaining two slices of bread ,buttered side up.
Grill or toast until nice and brown.Cut the bread into cubes.
Serve immediately with tomato soup.

Enjoy!!

Serve-2 Cooking time 15 minutes

Hope you will try the recipe at home and stay tuned for lots more.See ya

Tomato Soup
Cheese Croutons

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