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Soups and Starters Recipes -
Sweet Red Pepper Soup Recipe
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Soups and Starters
Recipes
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Sweet Red Pepper Soup Recipe
Ingredients
Serve
4
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4 tablespoons
olive
oil
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7
red onion, finely chopped
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2 celery sticks, thinly
sliced
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2 red peppers, cored, deseeded and cut into
very thin
strips
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2
plum tomatoes, roughly chopped
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1
garlic clove, crushed
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1
tablespoon plain flour
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1 liter/1 3/4 pints Chicken or Vegetable Stock or water
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1
teaspoon sugar
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2
eggs
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4
thick slices rustic bread
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salt and pepper
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chopped flat leaf parsley, to garnish (optional)
Method:
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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.
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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.
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Add the sugar and
season to taste with salt and pepper. Half cover
the pan and simmer gently for 30 minutes.
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Whisk
the eggs in a bowl with salt and pepper to
taste, then whisk in a ladleful or two of the
hot soup.
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Pour this mixture into the pan of soup
and heat very gently, without boiling, stirring
constantly. Taste for seasoning.
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Put a slice of
bread in the base of 4 soup plates, ladle the
soup over and garnish with parsley, if using.
Serve hot.
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