Tuscan Tomato Soup With Grilled Cheese Toast
By: cinnamonsin
Published: Monday, September 19, 2011 - 2:29am

Ingredients




2 tsp extra virgin olive oil
1 can of peeled tomatoes
chicken/veal/beef stock
1/4 cup red wine
1/2 onion cut into big dices
1 garlic clove
2 pork sausages (or any type or you could use bacon as well)
1 tbs shredded cheddar cheese
1/2 cup of bread cut into cubes
salt,pepper
1/4 tsp sugar
chili powder
1 tbs parsley leafs

Preparation

1 1. Saute sausages in extra virgin olive oil till lightly browned, add onions and sweat, add garlic. 2 2. Once the onions and garlic has sweat off deglaze with red wine and allow alcohol to cook off. 3 3. Add the whole can of tomatoes, bread, and top up with stock till it just covers the ingredients. 4 4. Add cheese and season with salt, pepper, chili powder and sugar. Simmer for about 20 minutes till soup thickens. Add parsley and taste and adjust seasoning if necessary. 5 5. Garnish with olive oil, cheese and parsley. Serve with grilled cheese toast.

About

ED: This is a fantastic dish to have while you’re cuddled up on the couch on a cold winter day. It’s a really thick and hearty soup with chunks of bread and you could also add other ingredients in it like lentils, kidney beans, bacon, capsicum etc. I love this dish so much cause it’s so comforting it tucks me into bed.