Recipe
Roasted Red Pepper Cream Soup
Ingredients
- 6 large red bell peppers
- 2 tablespoons olive oil
- 1/2 cup coarsely chopped onions
- 1 tablespoon minced garlic
- 1 tablespoon chopped basil, plus basil chiffonade, for garnish
- Salt
- 1/4 teaspoon cayenne
- Black pepper
- 4 cups chicken stock
- 1 cup light cream
Directions
- Roast peppers: Turn burner to high. Impale a red pepper on a long-handled fork and hold over high heat, turning to char skin evenly. When skin is brown and crackly, immediately plunge pepper in a bowl of ice water; the skin will fall away. Repeat with remaining peppers. Seed peppers and chop coarsely. Alternatively, broil peppers in a preheated broiler 4 inches from element, turning to char all sides evenly.
- Combine oil, onions, garlic, basil, salt, cayenne, 3 turns of pepper and roasted peppers in a medium saucepan. Cook 3 minutes over high heat. Stir in stock and 1/4 cup cream and bring to aboil. Reduce heat to medium and simmer, stirring occasionally, about 8 minutes. Purée red pepper mixture in food processor until smooth, about 2 minutes. Return red pepper soup to pan with remaining cream and heat on medium-low heat before serving, garnished with basil chiffonade.
Recipe Details
- Source: Essence of Emeril EE10 [4]
- Dish Type: Soups [5]
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