Tomato soup with grilled cheese dippers

Name: Tomato soup with grilled cheese dippers
Total time: 40 min
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 2 tbsp olive oil; 1 onion, chopped; 2 garlic cloves, crushed; 800g tinned chopped tomatoes; 500ml vegetable stock; 1 tsp caster sugar; 8 slices white bread; 150g mature cheddar, grated; 40g butter, softened

Silky tomato soup with golden, melty cheese toastie fingers for dunking.

Nut free

Time40 min
LevelEasy
Costabout £1.48 a head

Cost is worked out from Aldi and Tesco shelf prices in October 2026. Your shop and brands will differ.

4 servings

Ingredients

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2 tbspolive oil
1onionchopped
2garlic clovescrushed
800 gtinned chopped tomatoes
500 mlvegetable stock
1 tspcaster sugar
8slices white bread
150 gmature cheddargrated
40 gbuttersoftened

Method

1
Heat the oil in a pan and cook the onion for 8 minutes until soft. Add the garlic for 1 minute.
9 min
2
Add the tomatoes, stock and sugar. Simmer for 20 minutes.
20 min
3
Blitz the soup until smooth with a stick blender. Season.
4
Butter one side of each slice. Sandwich cheese between 4 pairs, butter sides out.
5
Fry the sandwiches in a pan over a medium heat for 3 minutes each side until golden and melted.
6 min
6
Cut into fingers and serve with the hot soup.

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