Sweet Red Pepper Soup

Total Time: 55 mins Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 35 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 4
• 3 tablespoons unsalted butter
• 1 large red onion, chopped
• 2 cloves garlic, chopped
• 8 large red peppers, halved,peeled,seeded and cut into chunks
• 2 1/2 cups chicken stock
• 1/4 teaspoon fresh ground pepper
• salt
• 3/4 cup half-and-half cream (10% cream)

Recipe

• 1 melt butter in a large saucepan over medium heat.
• 2 add the onion and garlic.
• 3 cook for 5-8 minutes or until onions are tender.
• 4 add the red peppers.
• 5 continue cooking for 5 minutes.
• 6 add the stock, freshly ground pepper and salt.
• 7 bring to a boil.
• 8 reduce heat, cover and simmer for 25 minutes.
• 9 put soup through a food mill to remove the pepper skins.
• 10 return to saucepan.
• 11 add cream and heat through without boiling.