Ingredients
- 1 ounce sun-dried tomatoes (about 8 pieces, do not used oil-packed variety)
- 1 small onion, diced
- 2 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil
- 2 cups chicken stock
- 3 sweet or bell peppers, charred, skinned, and seeded or a 6-ounce jar of prepared roasted red sweet peppers
- 2 fresh ripe plum tomatoes, cut into eighths
- Salt and pepper to taste
- 4 fresh basil leaves for garnish (use purple basil if available)
Directions
Rehydrate the dried tomatoes by soaking them in warm water for 1 hour. Meanwhile, sweat the onion in the olive oil in a 2-quart saucepan over medium heat, uncovered, for 7 to 10 minutes, stirring occasionally. Do not let the onion color.
Add the stock, rehydrated tomatoes, roasted peppers, fresh tomatoes, salt and pepper and let it all simmer together for 10 minutes. Pour the soup into a blender and process at a high speed for 4 minutes, until very smooth. Then pass it through a strainer to remove the vegetable skins. Adjust the seasoning and serve with fresh basil leaves as a garnish.
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By la jolla cooking
La Jolla
on January 14, 2013
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Disappointed. Extremely thick so it couldn't be strained without adding more chicken stock or water. Suspect that the dry sundried tomatoes (which I did hydrate for an hour were the culprits. Has anyone tried using sundried tomatoes in oil? Also like another reviewer stated...it had a very strong tomato taste which over-powered the red peppers.
By DeeeeeDeeeee
on April 26, 2011
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I love this recipe. It's very tasty and healthy. I make it for company all the time and double the recipe with no compromise to flavour. My little twist is to sprinkle with parmesean chesse when serving. One of my favourite soups ever!!
By BC fan
on December 31, 2010
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Very easy soup to make but I felt it had too strong a tomato flavour.
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