Roasted Red Pepper And Sun Dried Tomato Soup Food

ROASTED RED-PEPPER SOUP

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.

ROASTED RED PEPPER AND TOMATO SOUP WITH SMOKY CAPRESE PANINI

Steps:

• Char the peppers on all sides over an open flame on a gas stovetop or under a hot broiler (with the oven door cracked to avoid steam buildup in the oven). Put the charred peppers in a bowl, cover, and let them rest until cool enough to handle, about 10 minutes.
• Meanwhile, heat the extra-virgin olive oil in a soup pot. Add the garlic, carrot, celery, and onions to the pot and season with salt and pepper, to taste. Cook until the vegetables soften, about 10 minutes, then put them into a food processor with the diced tomatoes. Seed and peel the peppers and add them to the processor. Puree the mixture until smooth, then pour it into soup pot and stir in the stock.
• Heat a panini press or a large heavy skillet. Make sandwiches using 2 slices of cheese and 2 slices of ripe tomato on 4 of the bread slices. Sprinkle with salt and pepper, to taste, and top with some torn basil. Cover with the remaining 4 slices of bread and add them to the panini press or hot skillet. If using a skillet, top with a second smaller pan and weight it down with heavy cans. Press the sandwiches to toast and melt the cheese, a few minutes on each side or 5 minutes in a hot press.
• Serve the soup in bowls with the Panini alongside.

ROASTED RED PEPPER AND TOMATO SOUP

Steps:

• Roast peppers: rub oil on peppers and put them under the broiler until blackened, turn to get all sides. Put into paper bag and seal. Let rest for 15 minutes, then peel will come right off and core and seeds will fall out. Chop peppers. Reserve one chopped pepper; set aside.
• Heat olive oil over moderate heat. Add onion and garlic and cook until soft but not brown, about 5 minutes. Stir in tomato, bell peppers (except reserved), thyme, paprika, and sugar. Cook over medium-low heat until all the tomato juices have evaporated, about 25 minutes.
• Stir in chicken stock, salt and pepper, cayenne pepper, and hot sauce (if using). Bring to boiling, lower heat, and simmer, partially covered, for 25 minutes or until vegetables are tender.
• Strain soup, reserving broth. Place solids in food processor or blender, and process until fairly smooth. Add puree back into broth.
• Melt butter and stir in the flour, cook for 1 minute. Stirring slowly, add the broth/vegetable mixture. Add reserved chopped pepper and bring to boiling. Lower heat and simmer 10 minutes.
• Ladle into bowls and add 1 tablespoon of sour cream to each bowl. For a lighter soup, this is also delicious without the sour cream.

ROASTED RED PEPPER AND SUN-DRIED TOMATO SOUP

Steps:

• Soak the sun-dried tomatoes in warm water for about an hour to rehydrate them.
• Place your olive oil in a pan and add onions and cook for about 7- 10 minutes until soft but do not let them brown or turn color.
• Add in your chicken broth, drained rehydrated tomatoes, roasted red peppers, fresh tomatoes and salt and pepper and let simmer for about 10 minutes.
• Pour the soup in a blender and process until blended very well and you have a smooth consistency.
• Pass soup through a strainer to remove all the vegetable skins.
• Add more salt and pepper if needed.
• ENJOY!

ROASTED RED PEPPER AND SUNDRIED TOMATO SOUP

Steps:

• Rehydrate the dried tomatoes by soaking them in warm water for hour. Sweat the onion in the olive oil in a 2quart saucepan over medium heat, uncovered, for 7 to I0 minutes, stirring occasionally. Do not let the onion color. Add the stock, rehydrated tomatoes, roasted peppers, fresh tomatoes, salt, and pepper and let it all simmer together for 10 minutes. Pour the soup into a blender and process at high speed for 4 minutes, until very smooth. Then pass it through a strainer to remove the vegetable skills. Adjust the seasoning and serve with fresh basil leaves as a garnish.

ROASTED RED PEPPER AND TOMATO SOUP

Steps:

• Quarter and seed the red peppers. Core and cut the tomatoes in half lengthwise. Place peppers and tomatoes, cut side up, on a foil-lined baking sheet. Add garlic and onion. Mix oil with salt, thyme, rosemary, basil and pepper. Brush over vegetables. Roast on the bottom rack of a 450 F oven for 50-60 minutes or until tender and slightly charred. Let cool for 30 minutes. Slip skins off tomatoes.
• In batches, in a blender or food processor, puree vegetables and any juices, along with chicken stock until smooth. Return to sauce pan and add any remaining chicken stock. When soup has heated, garnish with a swirl of sour cream and fresh herbs. Serve immediately.

ROASTED RED PEPPER & SUN-DRIED TOMATO HOT CHEESE DIP - YUM!

Steps:

• Combine the cream cheese, mayo, sour cream, onion and garlic in a large mixing bowl - stir until blended. Stir in the tomoatores and peppers. Add the Italian blend cheese and 2/3 cup Parmesan. Stir until blended.
• Transfer mixture to greased 9x13 baking dish. Sprinkle remaining parmesan cheese on top. Bake at 350 for 20 minutes, until edges are bubbly and browning.
• Serve hot with crackers or vegetables.

ROASTED TOMATO AND PEPPER SOUP

Steps:

• Place tomatoes and peppers, cut side down, in a 15x10x1-in. baking pan. Bake at 425° for 20 minutes. Turn tomatoes and peppers; bake 10-15 minutes longer or until skins are blistered and blackened., Immediately place peppers and tomatoes in a large bowl; cover and let stand for 10 minutes. Peel off and discard skins; coarsely chop tomatoes and peppers., In a large saucepan, saute onions in oil until tender. Add the garlic, cumin and coriander; saute 1 minute longer. Add the broth, tomatoes and peppers. Bring to a boil. Reduce heat; simmer, uncovered, for 30 minutes., Stir in the bread, vinegar, salt and pepper; heat through. Sprinkle servings with cheese.

SUN-DRIED TOMATO AND ROASTED RED PEPPER DIP

Steps:

• In food processor, puree peppers, tomatoes, garlic, lemon juice, and parsley until mixture is smooth.
• Add cream cheese, sour cream, and salt and pepper.
• Puree until smooth.
• Serve with pita or tortilla chips, or fresh veggie dippers.

ROASTED RED PEPPER AND TOMATO SOUP

Steps:

• Pre heat oven to 425 degrees.
• Line 1 cookie sheet with tin foil - wash and cut tomatoes in half, arrange cut side down on cookie sheet, drizzle generously with good extra virgin olive oil, course, kosher or sea salt and a touch of ground pepper - bake until tomato peels have split and developed a nice caramelized texture. Approximately 45 - 60 minutes. Remove from oven and allow to cool, remove tomato skins.
• While the tomatoes are caramelizing in the oven take your red peppers and blacken them over an open gas flame or in the case you do not have gas this can also be accomplished over an electric element simply by allowing the pepper contact with the heating coil till it blackens, or you could also do this on a gas grill. Place blackened peppers in a brown paper bag and allow to cool - I always make sure I have a plastic bag on the outside as the juices from the peppers will soak through as they cool. Once cooled remove skins, tops, ribs and seeds. Do not wash.
• In a large soup pot add 1 tbsp olive oil add onions, garlic and sauté till onions appear clear. Add chicken stock, white wine, tomato paste, basil, tomatoes and peppers. Allow to cook for approximately 30 minutes. If you have a hand held blender, puree until a creamy texture is accomplished, or you can do this in a blender a few cups at a time being very careful not to over crowd the blender as the top will pop off with the heat. Return the pureed mixture back to the pot add pepper flakes and reduce over medium heat for 10 minutes - if desired add cream and serve!