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Tomato Bisque with Grilled Cheese

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Prep Time 15 minutes
Cook Time 50 minutes
Total Time 1 hour 5 minutes
Course: Appetizer, Dinner, Soup
Ingredients Method

Ingredients
  

Tomato Bisque
  • 3 Tomatoes on vine
  • 1 1/2 clove Garlic
  • 1/2 White Onion
  • 1/2 Celery Stalk diced
  • 1 cup Chicken Broth
  • 1/4 cup Heavy Cream
  • 1/4 tbsp Olive Oil
  • 1 tsp Crushed Red Pepper or less, depending on desired spice
  • 1/4 tsp White Sugar
  • 1/2 tsp Kosher Salt
  • 1/2 tsp Black Pepper
  • 1 tsp Fresh Basil chopped
  • 1 pinch Cayenne
Grilled Cheese
  • 2 slices Italian Bread
  • 2 slices Monterey Jack Cheese
  • 2 slices Muenster Cheese
  • 1/2 tsp Minced Garlic
  • 2 tbsp Butter

Method
 

Tomato Bisque
  1. Preheat oven to 400°
  2. Cut tomatoes into fours and place on rimmed baking sheet.
  3. Roughly chop celery, onion, and garlic.
  4. Place one piece of garlic on top of each individual tomato quarter. Drizzle tomatoes with olive oil and black pepper. Place in oven for 40-50 minutes.
  5. Melt butter in large pot over medium heat. Once melted, place celery and white onion into pot. Cook until onion is translucent.
  6. Add garlic and cook for 2-3 minutes, until fragrant.
  7. Pour in broth, followed by roasted tomatoes, sugar, and seasonings. Stir until combined well. Bring to a simmer.
  8. Using an immersion blender, blend mix until smooth (or use regular blender or food processor, and then add back into pot).
  9. Reduce heat and whisk in heavy cream. Mix until well blended and color lightens. Turn off heat.
Grilled Cheese
  1. Take finely minced garlic and mix with 1 tablespoon of butter. Spread mixture on the inside of each slice of bread.
  2. Assemble sandwich halves by placing a bread slice, Muenster slice, then Monterey Jack slice.
  3. Heat large skillet to medium heat and melt 1 tablespoon of butter. Place the sandwich halves bread side down in your skillet, allow to sit for 1-2 minutes. Place one sandwich half on top of the other to complete the sandwich and allow to sit. Flip when bottom half is grilled to your desire. Move sandwich around to soak in more butter and when sandwich is grilled to your liking, remove. Use a knife to cut sandwich in half diagonally.
  4. Pour tomato bisque into a bowl and use a spoon to decoratively pour additional heavy cream on top for garnish.
  5. Enjoy!