Wednesday, September 26, 2012

Tomato Soup and Grilled Cheese



It's a soup kind-of-day today.

 Ingredients 


  • 2 tbsp olive oil
  • 6 ripe tomatoes
  • 1 red onion
  • 1 garlic clove
  • 1 cup vegetable stock
  • 1 tsp raw cane sugar
  • ¼ cup chopped cilantro leaves
  • Salt and pepper
  • 2 tbsp soy sauce
  • 1 tsp fresh ginger
  • Whole wheat bread
  • Jarlsberg cheese


Instructions

  1. Wash the tomatoes and cut them into large chunks.
  2. Chop the onion and garlic.
  3. Heat up a pan and add the oil.
  4. Add the tomatoes, onion and garlic to the pan and sauté for about 10 minutes.
  5. Add the stock, sugar and half of the cilantro leaves with a pinch of salt and pepper.
  6. Bring to a boil, cover, and gently simmer for 10 minutes.
  7. Remove from the heat and puree in a food processor or mixer.
  8. Add the soy sauce and ginger and then heat through again.
  9. Meanwhile, put a couple of slices of the cheese in between the bread and toast it in a pan on the stove.
  10. Pour the soup in a serving bowl and sprinkle the remaining of cilantro on top.
  11. Serve the soup with the grilled cheese.   
Enjoy!