Red Pepper And Snapper Soup Recipes

Steps:

• 1. Thaw fish, if frozen. Rinse fish; pat dry. Cut fish into 1-inch pieces; set aside. In a large saucepan or Dutch oven heat oil over medium heat. Add sweet peppers and shallots or onions; cook for 5 minutes. Carefully add 1 can of the broth. Bring to boiling; reduce heat. Cover and simmer about 20 minutes or until peppers are very tender. Remove from heat; cool slightly. 2. Pour half of the sweet pepper mixture into a blender container. Cover and blend until nearly smooth. Pour into a medium bowl. Repeat with remaining pepper mixture. Return all to saucepan or Dutch oven. Add remaining chicken broth, the salt, black pepper, and ground red pepper. Bring to boiling; reduce heat. Add fish to broth mixture. Cover and simmer about 5 minutes or until fish flakes easily when tested with a fork, stirring once or twice. Stir in snipped parsley. If desired, garnish soup with parsley sprigs. Makes 5 servings.

Steps:

• Cut leek crosswise into 1/2-inch slices and in a bowl soak in water to cover, agitating occasionally to dislodge any sand, 5 minutes. Lift leek out of water and drain in a colander.
• In a bowl toss snapper gently with salt and chill, covered.
• In a saucepan cook leek with salt to taste in oil over moderately high heat, stirring occasionally, until softened, about 5 minutes. Add garlic, coriander, and cayenne and cook, stirring, 1 minute.
• Peel potato and cut into 3/4-inch cubes. To leek add potato, tomatoes with juice, the 1 1/4 cups water, orange juice, and bouillon cube, stirring and crushing tomatoes against side of pan, and simmer until potatoes are almost tender, about 10 minutes. Stir in snapper, parsley, zest, and salt to taste and cook until snapper is opaque, about 5 minutes.

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 400 degrees
• Wipe the fillets dry and sprinkle with vinegar and oil. Set aside.
• Make the yellow pepper sauce. Combine garlic, shallots, yellow peppers, fish stock and wine in a saucepan, simmer 10 to 15 minutes, or until the peppers are soft. Puree in food processor, season, set aside.
• Butter a shallow baking pan large enough to hold the fillets comfortably in overlapping layers. Sprinkle with the scallions, shallots, one tablespoon thyme and red pepper flakes. Place the fish on top, add the stock, wine, salt and pepper. Bake 10 to 15 minutes, or until fish is cooked.
• Remove snapper fillets from baking pan and place on a heated serving dish. Add cooking juices to the yellow pepper sauce and reduce until thickened. Correct seasoning and pour into a heated sauceboat.
• Sprinkle the fish fillets with the remaining thyme and serve.

Steps:

• Heat one tablespoon of the oil in a heavy saucepan. Add the red peppers, green chili and onion and saute over low heat until soft, but not brown. Stir in the garlic, cook a few seconds longer, then add the water. Allow to simmer about 20 minutes, until the peppers are very tender.
• Meanwhile, preheat a grill or broiler and oil the rack. Mix the lime juice with two tablespoons of the olive oil and brush over the fish. Allow to marinate until ready to cook the fish.
• When the peppers are tender, puree the contents of the saucepan in a food processor or blender. Season with the paprika and to taste with salt and pepper. Stir the last tablespoon of the olive oil. Return to saucepan and simmer, then cover to keep warm.
• To grill the fish, place the fish on the grill skin side up. Cook about six minutes, until the fish is lightly seared. Using a large spatula, turn the fish, cook very briefly on the other side, then transfer to warm plates. To broil the fish, broil it skin side down until the fish is cooked through and lightly seared, six to eight minutes. Do not turn it. Transfer the fish to a warm plate.
• To serve, spoon some of the pepper sauce over and around the fish and garnish with coriander.

Steps:

• To make soup base, heat olive oil in a Dutch oven over medium heat; add carrots, celery, garlic, onion, red bell pepper, and green bell pepper; cook, stirring frequently, about 4 minutes.
• Stir in peppercorns, bay leaf, tomato paste, thyme, rosemary, and cilantro; cook 2 minutes and add 7 cups of the vegetable broth; heat to boil.
• Melt butter in a small saucepan; add flour and cornstarch, cook, stirring constantly, 4 to 5 minutes.
• Slowly whisk in remaining 1 cup broth until mixture is smooth; add mixture to soup base; cover and simmer over medium-low heat 20 minutes.
• Taste and adjust seasonings.
• Strain through a fine-mesh sieve or cheesecloth; discard solids and return broth to pot.
• To make snapper, heat water to boil in a medium-sized saucepan over medium-high heat; add onions and celery; blanch until soft, about 3 minutes.
• Remove with a slotted spoon and add to broth.
• Boil fish in the same water until cooked through.
• Remove fish from water; flake very finely with a fork.
• Stir snapper and sherry, if desired, into soup base; heat through.