Chilled White Bean Salsa Soup Recipes

Steps:

• In a blender, combine tomatoes and V8 juice; cover and process just until blended. , Transfer to a large bowl. Stir in the beans, chopped cucumber, sweet pepper, onion, vinegar, sugar and seasonings. , Cover and refrigerate for at least 4 hours or overnight. Serve with sour cream. Garnish with sliced cucumber if desired.

Steps:

• In a medium saucepan, simmer beans, yellow onion, bay leaf and thyme in water to cover by 3 inches, partially covered with lid, until beans are tender, about 40-50 minutes.
• Season beans with salt and cool completely in cooking liquid.
• Drain beans in colander and discard yellow onion, bay leaf and thyme.
• Finely chop enough of tomatoes to measure 1 ½ cups and reserve.
• In a blender, puree remaining tomatoes, half of bell peppers and half of onion until smooth and in a bowl stir together puree, beans, reserved tomatoes, remaining bell peppers and red onion, jalapeno, vinegar, oil and salt to taste.
• Chill soup, covered, at least until cold, about 6 hours, and up to 1 day (after that, it will lose its fresh taste).
• Before serving, season with salt and pepper, if necessary.
• Before serving, stir in coriander.

Steps:

• In a 4-quart saucepan simmer beans, yellow onion, bay leaf, and thyme in water to cover by 3 inches, partially covered with lid, until beans are tender, about 50 minutes. Season beans with salt and cool completely in cooking liquid. Drain beans in a colander and discard yellow onion, bay leaf, and thyme. Beans may be cooked 1 day ahead and chilled, covered.
• Finely chop enough of tomatoes to measure 1 1/2 cups and reserve. In a blender purée remaining tomatoes, half of bell peppers, and half of onion until smooth and in a bowl stir together purée, beans, reserved tomatoes, remaining bell peppers and red onion, jalapeño, vinegar, oil, and salt to taste. Chill soup, covered, at least until cold, about 6 hours, and up to 1 day. Before serving, stir in coriander and season with salt and pepper if necessary.

Steps:

• Char bell peppers over gas flame or in broiler until blackened on all sides. Place in paper bag and let stand 10 minutes. Peel, seed and chop peppers.
• Heat oil in heavy medium saucepan over medium-high heat. Add onion and sauté until tender, about 5 minutes. Add bell peppers and crushed red pepper and sauté 1 minute. Add broth and cannellini. Bring to boil. Reduce heat, cover and simmer 15 minutes. Strain vegetables, reserving broth. Transfer vegetables to processor; purée. Gradually mix in 2 cups reserved broth. Transfer purée to bowl. Stir in remaining broth. Season with salt and pepper. Cover; chill until cold. (Can be made 1 day ahead. Keep chilled.)
• Ladle soup into bowls. Top with generous amount of arugula and serve.

Steps:

• In an electric food processor or blender, combine beans, broth, salsa, and cumin. Blend until fairly smooth.
• Heat the bean mixture in a saucepan over medium heat until thoroughly heated.
• Ladle soup into 4 individual bowls, and top each bowl with 1 tablespoon of the sour cream and 1/2 tablespoon green onion.

Steps:

• Cover beans with water and soak for 3 hours or overnight in fridge.
• Rinse and drain well.
• Heat oil in large pot.
• Add garlic, onions and hot pepper flakes and cook for a few minutes without browning.
• Add beans and stock.
• Bring to boil.
• Lower heat and simmer gently, covered for 1 hour or until beans are tender.
• Add potato and cook for 10 minutes or until tender.
• Puree soup in blender or food processor in small batches.
• Return to saucepan and thin with additional stock or water until soup reaches desired consistency.
• Add pasta or rice and cook for 10 min.
• Add salt& pepper.
• Pasta or rice with thicken soup slightly, so thin soup again if you wish.
• Taste and adjust seasonings if necessary.
• Combine all salsa ingredients.
• Serve soup in flat bowls with large spoonful of salsa in centre.

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 400°F.
• Separate garlic head into cloves, discarding loose papery outer skin but keeping skin intact on cloves, and wrap in foil, crimping seams to seal tightly. Roast garlic in middle of oven 30 minutes, or until soft. Unwrap garlic and cool slightly. Peel skins from each clove and in a bowl with a fork mash garlic pulp until smooth.
• Rinse and drain enough beans to measure 1 cup, reserving remainder for another use, and add to garlic. Cut 2 tomatoes into 1/4-inch dice and add to beans. Quarter remaining tomato and in a blender or food processor puree until smooth. Add puree to bean mixture. Finely chop onion and basil and add to bean mixture with lemon juice, tossing to combine. Season salsa with salt and pepper. Salsa may be made 1 hour ahead and chilled, covered.