Tomato soup with cheesy toast

Name: Tomato soup with cheesy toast
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 45 min
Total time: 1 h
Yield: 4
Cuisine: En
Ingredients: 2 cans (2 x 28 oz.) of organic whole tomatoes with basil.; 1 onion; 2 leeks; 2 minced garlic cloves; 4 or 5 small carrots.; 1 tablespoon butter; 1 tablespoon olive oil; 1/4 cup extra dry vermouth (or dry white wine); 1 qt of chicken broth.; one big loaf of rustic bread; shredded swiss cheese.

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Main Dish

Very Easy

1 hour

Preparation

Preparation15 min

Cook time45 min

Chop leeks and onions, and mince garlic. in a large pot melt the butter, add onion, garlic and leeks and let them cook gently until they become transparent. This takes about 3 minutes. Add the carrots chopped into little squares.
Move vegetables around and let cook for a just 2 minutes until they get nice and warm. Add the dry wine to them. Let everything boil for about 2 minutes so that the liquid evaporates lightly and everything starts to smell (extremely good!).
Add the tomatoes in the cans, to your vegetables. With a fork smash them around until they have become mush (this is a great stress relief, by the way).
Add the chicken broth, salt and pepper. Bring everything to a boil, then reduce heat and let simmer for about 45 minutes, gently mixing the soup every once in a while.
With a hand blender, blend all soup until it has become a homogeneous orange color. Cut the bread into 1/2 inch slices and spread them on a baking sheet. Place in a 450ºF oven on broil and toast for about a minute.
The sprinkle some of the shredded cheese on top of each toast and back in the oven for another minute or so.