Roasted Yellow Pepper Gazpacho Recipes

GUTSY RED PEPPER GAZPACHO

Steps:

• Place peppers in food processor and puree. Add sugar, jalapeno, bread, garlic, tomato sauce, tomatoes and process until smooth. Add 1/2 cup of water to thin soup, if necessary. Add vinegar and oil, pulse-process and season soup with salt, to taste.
• Serve immediately or chill. Garnish cups of soup with chopped red onion and pass blue corn chips for dipping into soup at table.

GRILLED YELLOW GAZPACHO

Steps:

• Preheat a grill or grill pan over medium-high heat. Grill the tomatoes and half of the yellow pepper, turning occasionally, until lightly charred on all sides, about 5 minutes. Transfer to a blender along with the garlic, shallot, vinegar, salt and pepper and half of the cucumber. Puree until very smooth. Slowly add the olive oil with the motor running. Strain through a medium-meshed sieve into a bowl. Cover and chill at least 4 hours and preferably overnight. Finely chop the remaining half yellow pepper and cucumber and keep refrigerated.
• Before serving, season the gazpacho with salt and pepper. Ladle into bowls and top with a little of the diced pepper and cucumber, then drizzle with olive oil and sprinkle with basil.

ROASTED YELLOW PEPPER SAUCE

Steps:

• Rub peppers with vegetable oil.
• Place on grill rack. Grill over hot coals until skin blisters and is charred on all sides, turning frequently while grilling.
• Place in sealable plastic bag. Steam until cool.
• Peel and seed. Cut into large pieces.
• Combine peppers, olive oil, egg yolk, and garlic in food processor.
• Process until smooth.
• Add salt and pepper as desired.
• Scrape clean into saucepan and heat, stirring often.
• Serve over pasta for a perky meal!

ROASTED TOMATO AND RED PEPPER GAZPACHO

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 450°F. Place tomatoes on large rimmed baking sheet. Cut 4 peppers into 1-inch pieces; place on another rimmed baking sheet. Cut 3 onions into 1-inch pieces; add to peppers. Drizzle 1/2 cup oil over vegetables, tossing to coat. Sprinkle with salt. Roast vegetables until soft and slightly charred, about 50 minutes, switching positions of pans after 25 minutes. Puree half of vegetables with pan juices in processor until smooth. Add 1 cup water; process until very smooth. Transfer mixture to large bowl. Repeat with remaining vegetables and 1 cup water. Cover gazpacho; chill overnight.
• Mix remaining 1 cup water, vinegar, and hot pepper sauce into gazpacho. Season to taste with salt.
• Finely dice remaining bell pepper and onion; mix with cucumber. Pour gazpacho into bowls; top with diced vegetables and a drizzle of oil.

ROASTED YELLOW PEPPER BRUSCHETTA

Steps:

• Blend first 3 ingredients and 3 tablespoons oil in small bowl. Season topping with salt and pepper.
• Char bell peppers over gas flame or in broiler until blackened on all sides. Enclose in paper bag; let stand 10 minutes. Peel, seed, and slice peppers.
• Preheat oven to 375°F. Arrange bread slices on baking sheet; brush with 2 tablespoons oil. Top bread with peppers and cheese shavings. Bake until Asiago melts, about 12 minutes. Transfer bruschetta to plates. Spoon on tomato topping; sprinkle with Parmesan.

ROASTED YELLOW PEPPER GAZPACHO

Steps:

• Lightly oil grill and preheat barbecue to medium-high. Grill peppers and tomatoes, turning often, until skins blister. Place in a bowl and cover. When cool, remove skins and seeds.
• Finely chop half the peppers and half the cucumber; set aside. Place the remaining pepper, cucumber and tomatoes in a food processor along with garlic, vinegar, parsley hot sauce and broth; purée until smooth. Transfer to a large bowl. Stir in reserved chopped pepper and cucumber. Cover and refrigerate until well chilled.
• Divide between bowls. Garnish each with 1 teaspoons red pepper tapenade.