Red Pepper And Snapper Soup Recipes

Steps:

• To make soup base, heat olive oil in a Dutch oven over medium heat; add carrots, celery, garlic, onion, red bell pepper, and green bell pepper; cook, stirring frequently, about 4 minutes.
• Stir in peppercorns, bay leaf, tomato paste, thyme, rosemary, and cilantro; cook 2 minutes and add 7 cups of the vegetable broth; heat to boil.
• Melt butter in a small saucepan; add flour and cornstarch, cook, stirring constantly, 4 to 5 minutes.
• Slowly whisk in remaining 1 cup broth until mixture is smooth; add mixture to soup base; cover and simmer over medium-low heat 20 minutes.
• Taste and adjust seasonings.
• Strain through a fine-mesh sieve or cheesecloth; discard solids and return broth to pot.
• To make snapper, heat water to boil in a medium-sized saucepan over medium-high heat; add onions and celery; blanch until soft, about 3 minutes.
• Remove with a slotted spoon and add to broth.
• Boil fish in the same water until cooked through.
• Remove fish from water; flake very finely with a fork.
• Stir snapper and sherry, if desired, into soup base; heat through.

Steps:

• 1. Thaw fish, if frozen. Rinse fish; pat dry. Cut fish into 1-inch pieces; set aside. In a large saucepan or Dutch oven heat oil over medium heat. Add sweet peppers and shallots or onions; cook for 5 minutes. Carefully add 1 can of the broth. Bring to boiling; reduce heat. Cover and simmer about 20 minutes or until peppers are very tender. Remove from heat; cool slightly. 2. Pour half of the sweet pepper mixture into a blender container. Cover and blend until nearly smooth. Pour into a medium bowl. Repeat with remaining pepper mixture. Return all to saucepan or Dutch oven. Add remaining chicken broth, the salt, black pepper, and ground red pepper. Bring to boiling; reduce heat. Add fish to broth mixture. Cover and simmer about 5 minutes or until fish flakes easily when tested with a fork, stirring once or twice. Stir in snipped parsley. If desired, garnish soup with parsley sprigs. Makes 5 servings.

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.

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.

Steps:

• In large saucepan or Dutch oven heat oil
• Cook sweet peppers and shallots in hot oil over medium heat for 5 minutes
• Carefully add one can (about 1 3/4 cups) of broth
• Bring to boil, reduce heat
• Cover and simmer for 20 minutes until peppers are very tender
• Remove from heat
• Cool slightly
• Pour half of mixture into blender container, cover and blend until nearly smooth
• Pour into medium bowl
• Repeat with remaining pepper mixture
• Return all to saucepan
• Add remaining chicken broth, salt, pepper (black and red).
• Bring mixture to boiling
• Reduce heat
• Add fish to broth mixture, cover and simmer about 5 minutes or until fish just flakes easily with fork, stirring once or twice
• Stir in snipped parsley
• Ladle into individual bowls
• Garnish with parsley springs