Making the ooey gooey sandwich into a diet size crouton, offers all the pleasure without the sin.
Preheat oven to 450 degrees F. Line a large roasting pan/cookie sheet with foil.
Cut tomatoes into quarters or sixths if larger. Cut onion in half.
Place tomatoes, onions & thyme on roasting pan.
Wrap 1/2 garlic head (sliced horizontally) in foil and add to the pan.
Drizzle olive oil over; add generous amounts of salt & pepper. Mix with hands to coat vegetables.
Roast for 45-50 minutes until beginning to brown or char.
Add roasted tomatoes and all the juices to heavy bottom pot with chicken stock and sugar. Squeeze garlic pulp from its skins into the pot.
After heated through and the chicken stock and tomatoes have begun to merge flavors, ladle half the mixture into a blender. Blend thoroughly and at high speed to make sure the seeds and skins are completely broken down.
Pour this first mixture into a bowl and repeat the process with second batch of tomatoes. (Seems to me that a quality stick blender could make quick work of this in one step rather than two.)
Return both blended batches to the pan and heat.
Add the cream.
Taste and adjust seasonings.
Serving: Top with mini grilled cheese croutons which you make the same as you would a grilled cheese, but slice down with the bread knife. You can grill these ahead of time and then pop into the microwave to make the cheese gooey again.
FASTER VERSION
- Sauté chopped onions and garlic in olive oil. Add two large cans of chopped tomatoes. Follow recipe after roasting, but adjust stock and cream to the consistency you like.
- Roast tomatoes and vegetables ahead of time and assemble the soup for dinner.
- Make a big double batch and freeze the other half.
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Serving Size: 1 Serving (501g) | ||
Recipe Makes: 6 Servings | ||
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Calories: 318 | ||
Calories from Fat: 218 (69%) | ||
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Amt Per Serving | % DV | |
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Total Fat 24.2g | 32 % | |
Saturated Fat 12.8g | 64 % | |
Monounsaturated Fat 8.9g | ||
Polyunsanturated Fat 1.3g | ||
Cholesterol 59.2mg | 18 % | |
Sodium 532.3mg | 18 % | |
Potassium 177.4mg | 5 % | |
Total Carbohydrate 15.1g | 4 % | |
Dietary Fiber 1.9g | 8 % | |
Sugars, other 13.2g | ||
Protein 11.1g | 16 % | |
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Calories per serving: 318
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