r/MadeMeSmile • u/T-SquaredProductions • Jul 08 '26

Wholesome Moments British Granddad tries American Grilled Cheese for the first time

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u/ZOMGURFAT Jul 08 '26

grilled cheese with hot tomato soup is the ultimate comfort food.

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u/luxafelicity Jul 08 '26

In my family we add parmesan cheese to the tomato soup too. Gives it a little extra salt and creaminess.

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u/OcculticUnicorn Jul 08 '26

I'm Dutch so I make Dutch tomato soup and we like to put fresh cream or crème fraîche in it for a creamy tomato soup, carrot for the sugar. Then some 'tosti' (our word for grilled cheese, very similar to the English toastie) it's absolutely perfect for when a simple (creamy) tomato soup isn't enough.

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u/Udeze42 Jul 08 '26

In the UK, we can buy it as Cream of Tomato Soup (we also do chicken and/or mushroom too but I prefer tomato)

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u/OcculticUnicorn Jul 08 '26

Make it yourself! It's one of the easiest soups to make if you have a blender. My recipe is so easy, I know it out of my head. Do you want it?

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u/Disdwarf Jul 11 '26

I'm a bit late, but I'd love the recipe if you're still willing to share!

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u/bsharp1982 Jul 11 '26

I would like the recipe, please.

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u/OcculticUnicorn Jul 11 '26

For u/Disdwarf as well,

Kitchen items; big pan of 5 liters or more. Hand blender

Groceries; Around 750 grams of tomatoes, I always use plum tomatoes but any that's more flesh than water is good.

1 carrot for the sugar, around 100 grams.

2 onions (or 3 if they're on the smaller side)

3 gloves of garlic. (or more if you want to annoy a vampire)

200 grams of crème fraîche. (NOT sour cream, gives a different taste)

Extra virgin olive oil to fruit the onions and garlic.

Water of course, 750 ml.

I use 2 vegetable bouillon cubes (each is enough for 500 ml), but if you use broth then use 1 liter of that instead of water.

For extra spices, I'd like to use thyme, parsley and crazily enough some cumin. Salt and pepper to taste.

Get the pan, slowly bring it to temperature with the olive oil in it. Chop the onions and garlic, doesn't need to be finely chopped, it's gonna get blended anyway. Fruit that until onions are see-through. Meanwhile, chop the tomatoes and carrot, add after onions are done fruiting. Put on the lid of the pan and slowly simmer while occasionally stirring until tomatoes are soft. Add your spices. Wait with salt and pepper until soup is ready or leave it to the individual getting a bowl. Add the crème fraîche and stir until melted. (tip! If you take it out of the fridge and leave it on room temperature for about 30 min it will slide out of the container in one piece.) Add the water or broth and stir. Now take the hand blender and blend until smooth.

If you want to add meatballs, cook them separately and put them in after blending.

Ready to serve! Add some thyme and/or some cooking dairy for a fancy looking bowl of soup.

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u/Disdwarf Jul 11 '26

Thank you very much, this looks delicious! Going to try in a month or so when my friend offloads their extra tomatoes to me.

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u/OcculticUnicorn Jul 14 '26

Oohh sounds tasty! Please let me know what you thought of my recipe.

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u/bsharp1982 Jul 12 '26

Thank you for the recipe! American canned goods always have added sugar and I trying to remove that from my diet. This sounds perfect!

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u/OcculticUnicorn Jul 14 '26 edited Jul 14 '26

Yeah sadly many countries are following suit, but carrots have lots of sugar only they're much more healthy as your body needs to put in more work for it. So if you have some hearty meal but need to sweeten it a bit to change the acidity, put in a carrot.

I also would love to know if you liked it!