Red Pepper Soup

Total Time: 1 hr Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 45 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 4
• 2 tablespoons butter
• 4 red bell peppers, chopped
• 4 garlic cloves, minced
• 1 onion, chopped
• 24 fluid ounces chicken broth or 24 fluid ounces vegetable broth
• 1/2 cup heavy cream
• 1/8 teaspoon ground pepper

Recipe

• 1 melt the butter in a large saucepan over medium heat. place the red bell pepper, onion and garlic in the saucepan and saute for 5 to 10 minutes.
• 2 pour in the broth, stirring well. reduce heat to low and simmer for 30 minutes.
• 3 puree using a hand held immersion blender, or transfer to a blender and puree until smooth.
• 4 pour the soup through a strainer and return the liquid to the saucepan over medium low heat. stir in the heavy cream and the ground black pepper and allow to heat through, about 5 to 10 minutes.