This homemade tomato and roasted red pepper soup with a side of pimento grilled cheese sandwiches is the ultimate soup & sandwich combination.
This soup recipe is so easy to make! The thing that I love most about vegetable soups is that you can mix them up and then make them creamy with a little thing called an ‘immersion blender’. I recently used it to make an amazing asparagus soup for another Sunday Supper. I was trying to recreate a favorite of mine and it turned out perfect!
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- What TV show pairs well with soup and sandwiches?
- What beer pairs well with tomato and roasted red pepper soup with pimento grilled cheese?
- The ingredients and why they make this soup and sandwich combo a winner
- How to make tomato and roasted red pepper soup step-by-step
- How to make a pimento grilled cheese recipe step-by-step
- Tips & Variations
- Storage
- More soup recipes
- Tomato and Roasted Red Pepper Soup with Pimento Grilled Cheese
Let’s start off Mitten Movie Night with a meal combo that hits the spot no matter the weather, soup, and grilled cheese.
What TV show pairs well with soup and sandwiches?
Mitten Movie Night was moved this week from Friday when it usually is to tonight. We saved it because it’s a big TV night at our house. It’s The Walking Dead season finale. Are you a fan? I found last season kind of bland but this season has certainly made up for it minus the first episode.
What beer pairs well with tomato and roasted red pepper soup with pimento grilled cheese?
The beer: Guinness Golden Ale.
Now enough about zombies and on to the food!
The ingredients and why they make this soup and sandwich combo a winner
This tomato and red pepper soup with pimento cheese grilled sandwich has-
- Roma tomatoes and red pepper. Drizzled with olive oil before roasting in the oven.
- Tomato puree, sugar, and chicken stock. Add the roasted vegetables with sauteed onions and garlic then add sugar to cut some of the acidity from the tomatoes.
- Heavy whipping cream. Adds a creamy layer of flavor to this soup.
- Sliced bread of choice spread with butter. I like to purchase whatever my daily special is at my grocer’s bakery section.
- Pimento cheese. Mayo, pimentos, and Colby jack cheese come together for the perfect melted center when the bread is toasted.
Visit YouTube for a video of how to make this
Tomato and Roasted Red Pepper Soup with Grilled Cheese
How to make tomato and roasted red pepper soup step-by-step
Start by preheating the oven to a 350-degree oven.
Chop the tomatoes and then core and slice the red peppers.
Place the vegetables on a baking sheet and drizzle with 2 Tbs oil.
Roast the vegetables for 40 minutes.
In the stockpot, add a little bit of olive oil and saute the chopped sweet onion.
To the pot add the minced garlic, puree, chicken/vegetable stock, and sugar.
Remove the roasted vegetables to the stockpot.
Set to low/medium heat and bring to a low boil for 10 minutes.
To finish off add some heavy whipped cream then use an immersion blender to cream the soup.
If you do not have an immersion blender, add 3-4 ladles full of soup into a blender then add back into the pan.
How to make a pimento grilled cheese recipe step-by-step
Mix the mayo, cheese, and pimento in a bowl.
Slice and spread butter onto one side of the bread.
Add the pimento mixture to the other side of the bread. Then top with the other slice of bread and butter.
Add the sandwich butter side down to a pan on medium/high heat. Cook as with any good grilled cheese-3 minutes, flip, then 3 more minutes until the middle is completely melted.
Tips & Variations
- I love ciabatta for this grilled cheese recipe, make your own Easy No Knead Homemade Ciabatta with this recipe from An Italian In My Kitchen
- You can make the sandwiches right in the air fryer as I do in this Air Fryer Ham and Cheese recipe
Storage
Add the soup and sandwiches in separate covered containers and refrigerate. Eat within 3 days. Reheat the sandwiches and soup in the microwave or reheat the soup in a saucepan on the stovetop and the sandwiches in a medium saute pan.
To freeze: Spoon the soup into freezable containers, and be sure to leave enough room at the top for expansion. Thaw in the refrigerator for 24 hours before reheating in the microwave or on the stovetop. It is not recommended to freeze the sandwiches.
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After your grilled cheese is nice and toasty and the soup is nice and toasty you are ready to eat. And here you are…
From our home in the Bottom Left of the Mitten to yours ~ Enjoy!
Tomato and Roasted Red Pepper Soup with Pimento Grilled Cheese
Equipment
- immersion blender
- large stockpot
- large saute pan
- spatula
- ladle
Ingredients
Tomato & Roasted Red Pepper Soup
- 1 small sweet onion chopped
- 3 garlic cloves minced
- 1 red pepper chopped
- 3 roma tomatoes chopped
- 2 tablespoons oil
- 28 ounces tomato puree
- 1 tablespoon sugar
- 1 cup chicken/vegetable stock
- 1/4 cup heavy whipping cream
Pimento Grilled Cheese
- 8 pieces bread
- 1-1/2 cup colby jack cheese
- 1 teaspoon chopped pimentos
- 2 tablespoons butter
- 2 tablespoons mayonnaise
Instructions
Tomato and Roasted Red Pepper Soup
- Start by preheating the oven to a 350-degree oven.
- Chop the tomatoes and then core and slice the red peppers.3 roma tomatoes, 1 red pepper
- Place the vegetables on a baking sheet and drizzle with 2 Tbs oil.2 tablespoons oil
- Roast the vegetables for 40 minutes.
- In the stockpot, add a little bit of oil and sautee the sweet onion.1 small sweet onion
- Add the minced garlic, puree, chicken/vegetable stock, and sugar.3 garlic cloves, 1 tablespoon sugar, 1 cup chicken/vegetable stock, 28 ounces tomato puree
- Remove the roasted vegetables from the oven, add to the stockpot.
- Set to low/medium heat and bring to a low boil for 10 minutes.
- Add the heavy whipped cream then use an immersion blender to cream the soup.1/4 cup heavy whipping cream
Pimento Grilled Cheese
- Mix the mayo, cheese, and pimento in a bowl.1-1/2 cup colby jack cheese, 2 tablespoons mayonnaise, 1 teaspoon chopped pimentos
- Slice and spread butter onto one side of the bread.8 pieces bread, 2 tablespoons butter
- Add the pimento mixture onto the other side of the bread. Then top with the other slice of bread and butter.
- Add the sandwich butter side down to a pan on medium/high heat. Cook as with any good grilled cheese-3 minutes, flip, then 3 more minutes until the middle is completely melted.
Video
Notes
Tips for making this recipe:
- If you do not have an immersion blender, add 3-4 ladles full of soup into a blender then add back into the pan.
- To store: add the soup and sandwiches in separate covered containers. Eat within 3 days. Reheat the sandwich in the air fryer and the soup on the stovetop or microwave. See the storage section in the post for how to freeze this soup recipe.
Originally published in April of 2017. Updated photos & recipe November of 2020
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Last Updated on April 4, 2023 by Erin@BottomLeftoftheMitten
I love the color you got making this tomato soup. Adding roasted red peppers is a winner!
Thank you Cindy! Yes, the red peppers do give it something ‘extra’.
This looks like one comforting dish!
Soup is so comforting! The grilled cheese just adds to it :’)
This looks absolutely beautiful. I love that soup so much and the roasted red pepper must give it so much amazing flavor! Can’t go wrong with this one!
Thank you so much Nicole!
I love the beautiful color the roasted red peppers add to this soup! And well you had me at pimento cheese 😉 What an amazing meal!
Thanks so much Nikki! Pimentos do add an extra flair.
Anything with pimento cheese has my name written all over it. Looks DELICIOUS!
Thanks Christie! I love them too.
Not a big Walking Dead fan…But, a huge fan of roasted red pepper soup with pimento grilled cheese! P.s. Love that you have a family TV night.
Thank you so much!!
Sounds tasty – a classic, comforting flavor.
Thank you Caroline!
I made both soup and pasta sauce like this in my university days – so good! The sandwich just makes everything stellar!
Oh this would be good for pasta, wonderful! Thank you so much Sarah.