Soups and Starters Recipes - Sweet Red Pepper Soup Recipe

  
 

Soups and Starters Recipes - Sweet Red Pepper Soup Recipe

Ingredients

Serve 4

  • 4 tablespoons olive oil

  • 7 red onion, finely chopped

  • 2 celery sticks, thinly sliced

  • 2 red peppers, cored, deseeded and cut into very thin     strips

  • 2 plum tomatoes, roughly chopped

  • 1 garlic clove, crushed

  • 1 tablespoon plain flour

  • 1 liter/1 3/4 pints Chicken or Vegetable Stock or water

  • 1 teaspoon sugar

  • 2 eggs

  • 4 thick slices rustic bread

  • salt and pepper

  • chopped flat leaf parsley, to garnish (optional)

Method:

  1. Heat the oil in a large heavy-based saucepan. Add the onion, celery and red peppers and cook over a low heat, stirring frequently, for about 10 minutes until softened.

  2. Add the tomatoes, garlic and flour and stir well to mix. Cook, stirring, for 1-2 minutes, then pour in the stock and bring to the boil.

  3. Add the sugar and season to taste with salt and pepper. Half cover the pan and simmer gently for 30 minutes.

  4. Whisk the eggs in a bowl with salt and pepper to taste, then whisk in a ladleful or two of the hot soup.

  5. Pour this mixture into the pan of soup and heat very gently, without boiling, stirring constantly. Taste for seasoning.

  6. Put a slice of bread in the base of 4 soup plates, ladle the soup over and garnish with parsley, if using. Serve hot.