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Pub Meal Part One: Charred Tomato Soup with Melted Mozzarella

11/14/2011

 
Don't hate on me just because I can make a scrumptious pub meal of
Cheeseburgers, Red Cabbage Slaw and Fried Zucchini.
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Which also includes Charred Tomato Soup with Melted Mozzarella



Instead you can hate on Alex.
This Pub Meal is actually courtesy of Alex and her
"Day Off".


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This is Alex.
I love her.



Hi Alex. HI! HI! Do you see me waving? Hi girlfriend, no look over this way, I'm over here. Why you look at me like I'm crazy?

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I love Alex so much I would even trade my identical twin sister Megan Fox in for her as my new sister. And you all know how much I loves me Megan.




I'm sorry Megan. It's just that you probably don't know how to cook. Or you cook vegan or something, which just won't work for me.

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Alex and I go way back. We have coffee most Saturday mornings together.

Well, I drink coffee and she cooks.

She cooks
on.her.show.
called "Alex's Day Off" on the Food Channel
Duh!


It's not like she's literally over having coffee in my craptastic kitchen, cooking and sitting on the counters while we giggle like two schoolgirls, and then jaunting off to Kohls and Younkers kitchen departments where we buy new saute pans and serving platters together.


No, Alex cooked this pub meal on her cooking show; that episode being appropriately titled "Pub Meal".

Over the next couple days, I will be sharing the four recipes and pictures of my attempts at making Alex's absolutely delicious, casual pub meal featured on her show.

Today though, I am sharing the Charred Tomato Soup with Melted Mozzarella.


Once again I have magically embedded this recipe.
If you can not see a recipe below, apparently you will need to use Mozilla instead of Internet Explorer.
CLICK RIGHT HERE to get Alex G's Charred Tomato Soup with Melted Mozzarella!
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Fun,
colorful ingredients to start the soup with, wouldn't ya say?

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We start by adding the Roma tomatoes into a heavy skillet with canola oil.

Season with salt and add the sugar.

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Blister the skins slightly.

These smelled heavenly by the way!


PictureI wanted to make sure to show the pretty green bottle contrasted against the red tomatoes:):)



Add the dry vermouth.

Continue cooking on low heat.

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In a soup pot, heat 1 tbsp of the olive oil and add the garlic, shallots and red pepper flakes. Season with salt and pepper. Add the oregano and stir to blend. Cook until tender and translucent.

Can't ya just smell it right now?


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Add the canned tomatoes and the water.

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Turn the heat down and cook until until the tomato flesh starts to lose shape,
12 to 15 minutes.

Heck, it took two babies and ten years for my flesh to lose shape, thank goodness I'm not a tomato or I'd look 850 million years old right now.

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You'll take half that soup up above and puree in a blender. Pour back in pan.
I'm sure that sounds appetizing after me talking about my
850 million year old flesh. Sorry.




Then you'll take all the roasted Roma tomatoes from the skillet and puree in the blender until smooth, adding the remaining olive oil through the top.
Taste for seasoning.



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Add both back to the remaining chunky soup.

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On a flat surface, slice bread by 1/2 inch thick slices (or buy pre-sliced like I did :).

Tear each piece into a free form shape that sits nicely across the top of your soup bowl

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Ladle the

soup into

crocks or

small

ovenproof

bowls.

 Make certain to do this really sloppily like I did.
After all, you don't want to have a prettier presentation dish than the actual high dollar chef hosting the show you scammed the recipe from.

PictureYes, I know my linens are messy, I was in such a hurry to eat this food though.

Top with one piece of toasted bread per bowl. Finish with some shredded mozzarella and broil until golden brown, about 2 minutes.

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So that's how to make Alex's Charred Tomato Soup and by the way,

the soup is fantastic, savory and oh so mellow; I just wanted to keep eating and eating.

I had to stop eating though, because there were the other dishes to eat at the same meal;
Alex's Cheeseburger recipe
(unbelievably flavorful with sauteed carrots, red onions, celery, mayo, bread crumbs)
Red Cabbage Slaw
and fat free Fried Zucchini.
I will share those recipes tomorrow.



But here's a teaser...
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Smile big for Cheese Burgers! (Although the cheese is missing off this particular burger, again. Drats!)

P.S. I lied about the Fried Zucchini being fat free. It is soooo not. Which is why it was soooo good :)  Will share at ya tomorrow! Have a good Monday!







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