Grilled Cheese with Roasted Tomato Spread

I thought this was pretty good--served with tomato soup. Good on a cold day!

Lovely flavor, though I think next time I'd combine the tomato mixture with regular shredded cheese and not bother with the mayo/cream cheese mixture. It made the sandwich more tangy, less cheesy, and I want my grilled cheese CHEESY. CL used this method (shredded cheese + mayo + cream cheese) in another recent grilled cheese recipe, and it's just not for me. But love the roasted tomatoes!

These are really delicious and definitely achieve the claim of getting grilled cheese and tomato soup flavor in one sandwich. I used Trader Joe's sourdough whole wheat boule and it was perfect for this. I'm not sure what lrose17 is thinking here--I thought this was a perfect and easy recipe; perhaps she's comparing it to making plain grilled cheese? Hands-on time was maybe 15 minutes. You can roast the tomatoes the night before to save time.

These were really good, but a lot of work. They're definitely not something you whip up on short notice. I can't claim that I measured every ingredient very carefully, but this only made three sandwiches for us.