Nomelette

Red Pepper Soup

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Red Pepper Soup
Preparation
10 mins
Cooking
40 mins
Serves
4

Ingredients

  • 4 tbsp Oil
  • 3 Onions, chopped
  • 2 Large Red Peppers, chopped
  • 3 tbsp Plain Flour
  • 1 ½ Pints Chicken Stock
  • ¼ Pint Single Cream
  • 2 tbsp Tomato Puree
  • 1 tbsp chopped Parsley
  • 4 Bacon rashers

Method

  1. Heat oil in a large pan then add onion and peppers and fry gently until onion is soft.
  2. Stir in flour and cook a minute.
  3. Off heat, stir in stock and then tomato purée, and season. Return to heat and bring to boil, lower heat and simmer for 30 minutes.
  4. Cool then purée in blender. Add cream and check seasoning.
  5. Grill bacon until crisp and then crumble. Chop parsley and sprinkle top of soup with a little bacon and a little parsley.