Creamy Red Pepper Soup Recipes

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 5 to 10 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.
• Run the soup through a strainer and return the liquid to the saucepan over medium low heat. Stir in the heavy cream and the ground black pepper and allow to heat through, about 5 to 10 minutes.

Steps:

• In a Dutch oven, saute onions in butter until tender. Add garlic; cook 1 minute longer. Add the potatoes, red peppers and broth. Bring to a boil. Reduce heat; cover and simmer for 15-20 minutes or until vegetables are tender. Remove from the heat. Add pears with juice; let cool., Using a blender, puree soup in batches. Return to the pan. Stir in cayenne and black pepper. Cook until heated through. If desired, serve with chopped chives, heavy cream and croutons.

Steps:

• In a large saucepan, melt butter over medium-low heat. Add celery, carrot, onion, and garlic; cook until onion is opaque and carrot is crisp/tender, about 10 minutes.
• Add peppers, broth, 2 cups water, and bay leaf; bring to a boil. Reduce heat to medium, and simmer until peppers are very tender, about 15 minutes.
• Remove bay leaf; puree soup in batches in blender. Return to pot; add cream and sugar. Season with salt and pepper. If necessary, gently reheat before serving, and garnish with chives.

Steps:

• 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 a boil.
• Reduce heat to medium and simmer, stirring occasionally, about 8 minutes.
• Purée red pepper mixture in food processor or with a hand blender 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.

Steps:

• Char peppers over gas flame or in broiler until blackened on all sides. Enclose in paper bag and let stand 10 minutes. Peel, seed and slice peppers. Heat oil in heavy large saucepan over medium heat. Add shallots, garlic and thyme and sauté 3 minutes. Add 3 cups broth and all but 4 slices of roasted pepper. Simmer uncovered until peppers are very soft, about 20 minutes.
• Working in batches, purée soup in blender until smooth. Return to same pot. Add half and half, vinegar and cayenne pepper. Rewarm soup, thinning with additional broth, if desired. Season to taste with salt and pepper. Ladle soup into bowls. Garnish with reserved pepper strips and basil.

Steps:

• Melt 2 tablespoons of the butter in a medium saucepan over medium heat.
• Add the onion and garlic; cook, stirring occasionally, for 1-2 minutes or until onion is tender.
• Transfer onion mixture to a blender or food processor container; add red peppers and cover. Process until smooth.
• Melt the remaining butter in the same saucepan; stir in flour.
• Gradually stir in the evaporated milk and broth; cook, stirring constantly, until mixture comes to a boil.
• Stir in the red pepper mixture, salt, and pepper; heat through.
• Ladel into bowls and serve hot.