Red Bell Pepper Soup

Total Time: 40 mins Cook Time: 40 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 6
• 3 tablespoons butter
• 1 pinch cayenne
• 3 1/2 cups rich chicken broth
• 2 tablespoons lemon juice
• 1 medium onion, chopped fine
• salt
• 1/4 teaspoon cumin, ground
• 3 large red bell peppers, seeded and chopped

Recipe

• 1 melt the butter in a (3 qt.) saucepan over medium heat. add the bell peppers and onion.
• 2 cook, stirring occasionally, until the onion is soft but not browned.
• 3 mix in the cumin and cayenne. add the chicken broth.
• 4 bring to a boil.
• 5 cover.
• 6 reduce heat. simmer for 20 minutes.
• 7 scoop out the vegetables.
• 8 transfer the vegetables to a blender or food processor.
• 9 add a little broth.
• 10 process until smooth.
• 11 return the puree to the broth in the pan.
• 12 mix in the lemon juice. adjust seasoning.
• 13 reheat to serving temperature. serve hot. cheers doreen doreen randal, wanganui.
• 14 new zealand.