Chilled Red Yellow Pepper Soup With Avocado Salsa Recipes

Steps:

• For the soup: In a medium nonstick skillet, heat oil over medium heat; add onion and salt. Cook, stirring occasionally, until onion is softened, about 5 minutes.
• Add broth, bring to a boil, and simmer for 3 minutes; transfer to a medium bowl to cool.
• Place half of the cooled broth mixture in a blender (make sure to get an equal amount of liquid and onions); add yellow peppers and 1⁄2 cup of the yogurt; purée until smooth.
• Transfer yellow pepper purée to a covered container and refrigerate until chilled, about 30 minutes.
• Rinse blender and transfer remaining broth mixture to it. Add red peppers and remaining 1⁄2 cup yogurt; purée until smooth.
• Transfer red pepper purée to another covered container and refrigerate until chilled, about 30 minutes.
• For the salsa: While soups are chilling, in a small bowl combine avocado, cilantro, and lime juice.
• To serve the soup, simultaneously ladle a generous 1⁄2 cup of the yellow pepper soup and a generous 1⁄2 cup of the red pepper soup into each of 4 shallow bowls, allowing soups to meet in center. Garnish each with salsa and serve.

Steps:

• To make the soup, heat the oil in a large saucepan over high heat until very hot. Add the onion and garlic and saute for about 2 minutes. Add the cumin and saute for 2 minutes longer. Add the Marsala and reduce until about 1/2 cup remains, about 4 minutes. Add the peppers and stock, decrease the heat to medium, and simmer for about 20 minutes. Add the cilantro and season, to taste, with salt and pepper.
• Carefully puree the soup in a blender. Transfer the soup to a large bowl, cover, and refrigerate until well chilled, about 2 hours. (If the soup is too thick after chilling, thin it down with a bit more stock.)
• Meanwhile, to prepare the salsa, combine the onion, garlic, chiles, and avocados in a bowl, and mix well. Add the lime juice, mix well, and season, to taste, with salt and pepper. Cover and refrigerate until you are ready to serve.
• To serve, ladle the soup into bowls, and garnish with the salsa, creme fraiche, and a cilantro sprig.

Steps:

• Char peppers over gas flame or in broiler until blackened on all sides. Wrap in paper bag and let stand 10 minutes. Peel and seed. Cut into 1/2-inch pieces.
• Heat 2 tablespoons oil in heavy large saucepan over medium-high heat. Add onion and sauté until brown on edges, about 6 minutes. Add bell peppers and 3 cups stock. Simmer until vegetables are tender, about 5 minutes. Using slotted spoon, transfer peppers and onion to processor; puree. With machine running, add stock from saucepan and blend until smooth. Mix in dried red pepper. Season with salt and pepper. Cover and chill until cold. (Can be made 1 day ahead.)
• Heat 2 tablespoons oil in medium skillet over medium heat. Add bread; stir until brown. Whisk cold soup to blend; thin with more stock if necessary. Spoon into bowls. Top with bread and basil.

Steps:

• In a large bowl, combine the first 12 ingredients. Cover and refrigerate. Just before serving, peel and chop the avocado; stir into the salsa.,

Steps:

• Melt butter in a medium pan over medium heat.
• Add minced shallots and minced ginger; sauté for about 1 minute.
• Add chicken broth, lime juice, cayenne pepper; bring to a boil.
• Reduce heat to medium-low and simmer for about 3 minutes.
• Transfer mixture to a large bow.
• Purée avocados and half & half in a blender.
• Whisk into soup.
• Season with salt and pepper.
• Cover and refrigerate for at least 3 hours.
• Garnish soup with cilantro and lime slices.

Steps:

• Cook (sweat) onion, celery, carrot and garlic in olive oil until soft (about 10 minutes).
• Bring stock to a boil.
• Add peppers, potatoes, salt, chipotle and boiling stock.
• Simmer for 20 minutes or until potatoes are soft.
• Puree in food processor or use an immersion blender.
• Serve in bowls with a sprinkle of parmesan and olive oil.
• For a lower fat version use no fat parmesan cheese or omit. Do not use olive oil.
• For Vegetarian do not use chicken broth. Use vegetable broth. For Vegan omit cheese also or use a vegan sub.

Steps:

• Preheat broiler or heat your grill to high and broil or grill your peppers and onion slices for 12 minutes or until pepper skins are blackened and onions are tender.
• Place peppers in a plastic bag and seal and allow them to sit for 15 minutes to steam.
• Chop onion slices.
• Peel peppers and chop.
• In a medium sized pot, saute onions and peppers in olive oil for 5 mins, add broth and simmer 15 minutes.
• Pour into a food processor or blender and puree until completely smooth.
• Stir in 1/4 cup pesto and chill.
• Divide soup among four bowls and swirl 1 Tablespoon pesto into each bowl.
• Serve.