Red Pepper Soup - Hot Or Cold

Total Time: 30 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 15 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 4
• 4 ounces butter
• 4 large red bell peppers, skins on,seeded and chopped
• 2 large leeks, roughly chopped
• 2 teaspoons ground ginger (or equivalent fresh ginger)
• 1 tablespoon sweet paprika
• 1 tablespoon caster sugar
• 1 teaspoon sea salt
• 1 teaspoon fresh ground pepper
• 1 large orange, zest of
• 1 large orange, juice of
• 1 pint strong chicken stock
• 1/2 pint yoghurt (for cold soup) or 1/4 pint cream, for hot soup

Recipe

• 1 soften the leeks and peppers in the butter in a large saucepan.
• 2 add all the other ingredients except the yoghurt (or cream).
• 3 simmer 30 minutes.
• 4 cool and puree or blend.
• 5 either stir in yoghurt and cool again, or heat and stir in cream.