Sweet Red Pepper And Gouda Soup Recipes

SWEET RED PEPPER AND GOUDA SOUP

Steps:

• Melt the butter in a large saucepan over medium heat.
• Place the red bell pepper, onion and garlic in the saucepan and saute for 15 to 20 minutes OR until tender.
• Pour in the chicken broth, stirring well.
• Reduce heat to low and simmer for 30 minutes.
• Transfer to a blender and puree until smooth. Do this in batches as necessary depending on the size of your blender. Be careful not to overfill your blender.
• Return the liquid to the saucepan over medium low heat.
• Stir in the heavy cream, the ground black pepper and cheese, and allow to heat through about 5 to 10 minutes.

ROASTED RED PEPPER AND CRAB SOUP

Steps:

• Set the oven to broil, and preheat for 5 minutes.
• Place the red bell pepper quarters skin-side up on a broiler pan or baking sheet. Broil until the skins have blackened, then place them in a brown paper bag, or in a covered bowl and allow them to steam for approximately 10 minutes to loosen the skins.
• Once the skins have loosened, peel them off and discard. Coarsely chop the peeled, roasted peppers, and place into a large saucepan along with the chicken broth and chopped potato. Bring to a boil over high heat, then add the half-and-half, salt, cayenne pepper, garlic powder, and basil. Return to a boil, then reduce heat to medium and simmer for 45 minutes.
• Once the potatoes have softened, puree the soup in batches in a blender until smooth. Pour the pureed soup into another saucepan and stir in the crab. Heat over medium heat to warm through, about 5 minutes.

SWEET RED PEPPER SOUP

Steps:

• Melt butter in a large saucepan over medium heat.
• Add the onion and garlic.
• Cook for 5-8 minutes or until onions are tender.
• Add the red peppers.
• Continue cooking for 5 minutes.
• Add the stock, freshly ground pepper and salt.
• Bring to a boil.
• Reduce heat, cover and simmer for 25 minutes.
• Put soup through a food mill to remove the pepper skins.
• Return to saucepan.
• Add cream and heat through without boiling.

SWEET POTATO & RED PEPPER SOUP

Steps:

• Peel and slice the sweet potatoes into discs about a half centimetre thick.
• Put the sweet potoatoes, onions, red pepper and cumin into an oven proof bowl and pour over the olive oil.
• Roast in the oven at 200C for about 45 minutes until all the ingredients are soft.
• Put the cooked vegetables into a blender and add the hot vegetable stock. Blend to a liquid and serve. Add more vegetable stock if you require a thinner consistency.

TOMATO AND SWEET PEPPER SOUP

Steps:

• Put the butter in a large pan, when the butter is melted: add the chopped onion and garlic: cook until translucent. After this add the chopped red pepper, tomatoes and the potatoes and coat in the butter.
• Add the vegetable stock and bring to the boil. Cook the vegetables until the potatoes are cooked through. This should be between 20 to 30 minutes.
• Take the soup off the heat, let the soup cool a little then blend using a hand blender.
• Add the creme fraiche to make the soup creamy if wanted.
• Serve with freshly buttered crusty bread.