Roasted Red Pepper Soup With Seared Scallops Recipes

Steps:

• In a large saucepan, saute onion in butter for 2-3 minutes or until tender. Add garlic; cook 1 minute longer. Stir in the red peppers, broth, basil and salt. Bring to a boil. Reduce heat; cover and simmer for 20 minutes. Cool slightly. , In a blender, cover and process soup in batches until smooth. Remove 1 cup to a small bowl; stir in cream. Return remaining puree to pan. Stir in the cream mixture; heat through (do not boil).

Steps:

• Heat the olive oil in a large Dutch oven or pot over medium-high heat. Add the potatoes, celery, shallots, 1/2 teaspoon salt, and pepper to taste and cook, stirring frequently, until the potatoes begin to soften, about 5 minutes. Add the red peppers, sun-dried tomatoes, chicken broth and 1 cup water. Cover and bring to a simmer, then uncover and cook until the potatoes are tender, about 15 minutes.
• Transfer the soup and sour cream to a blender and, keeping the lid slightly ajar, puree until smooth. Season with salt and pepper and stir in half of the cilantro. Divide among bowls and sprinkle with the cheese and the remaining cilantro. Serve with the rolls.

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• Sauce:
• Heat oil in a medium pan and lightly brown garlic. Add cream, shallots, and stock. reduce by half. Remove from heat and stir in brie, tomato paste, roasted peppers, and thyme. Puree in a blender or food processor until smooth. Add salt and pepper.
• Scallops:.
• Heat olive oil in a saute pan over medium heat. Dust scallops with flour and saute until brown. Pour sambuca into pan to deglaze (be careful when pouring liquor into hot pan to avoid flaming). Place 5 scallops on each plat in a pool of sauce.

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• Cook linguine according to package directions. Meanwhile, in a large skillet, saute the scallops, sweet red pepper, garlic, pepper flakes and salt in oil until scallops become firm and opaque. Remove from the heat. Drain pasta. Serve scallop mixture with linguine. Sprinkle with Parmesan.

Steps:

• Heat 2 tablespoons of the oil in a large saucepan over medium heat. Add onion and cook until tender about 4-5 minutes. Stir in garlic; cook until fragrant, about 1 minute longer. Add peppers and broth; bring to a boil.
• Reduce heat to low and simmer for 5 minutes. Set aside to cool slightly. Carefully transfer soup to a blender, add basil and vinegar and puree until smooth.
• Return the soup to the saucepan and reheat over medium low heat. Stir in the cream and allow to heat through, about 5 to 10 minutes. Season with salt and pepper.
• Heat a medium skillet over high heat until very hot. Place scallops in a medium bowl and coat with remaining olive oil. Sprinkle with salt and pepper. Place scallops in pan and cook, turning once until well seared, about 5 minutes.
• Ladle equal portions of soup into 4 bowls. Garnish with scallops and serve.

Steps:

• Preheat the broiler or prepare a charcoal grill.
• Place the peppers under the broiler or on the grill. Cook them on all sides until the skin is well charred. When cool enough to handle, split the peppers in half, core them and discard the charred skin and the seeds. Rinse in cold water. Pat dry with papers towels and cut them into 1/2-inch cubes.
• Remove and discard the ends of the snap peas.
• Heat the olive oil in a large nonstick skillet and add the peas, cook and stir over medium heat for 2 minutes. Add the scallops, the red peppers, shallots, garlic, thyme, pepper flakes, liqueur, butter, lemon juice, salt and pepper to taste. Cook, stirring and tossing over high heat for 4 minutes or until the scallops are cooked through. Do not overcook. Sprinkle with the coriander.

Steps:

• 1. Preheat the oven to 425°. Put the pep pers on a cookie sheet, stemmed side down, and bake for 45 minutes, or until the skins are black. When they're cool enough to handle, remove and discard the skins, cores and seeds. Finely dice 2 of the peppers. 2. In a large saucepan, heat2tablespoons of the olive oil.Add the garlic, onion, cumin and crushed red pepper and cook over moderately low heat, stirring occasionally, until the onion is softened, about 10 min utes. Add the whole roasted peppers and the chicken broth and bring to a boil over high heat. Reduce the heat to low and sim mer for 20 minutes. Add the orange juice, orange zest and cilantro. 3. In a blender, puree the soup in batches. Return the soup to the saucepan and sea son with salt and pepper; keep hot. 4. In a medium skillet, heat the remaining 1 tablespoon of olive oil until shimmering. Season the scallops with salt and pepper. Add the scallops to the skillet and cook over high heat until richly browned on the bottom, about 2 minutes.Turn the scallops and cook on the second side for 1 minute. Ladle the soup into bowls, garnish with the scallops and diced peppers and serve.