Red Pepper Soup With Sun Dried Tomatoes And Swiss Cheese Recipes

Steps:

• 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.

Steps:

• Soak the sun-dried tomatoes in warm water for about an hour to rehydrate them.
• Place your olive oil in a pan and add onions and cook for about 7- 10 minutes until soft but do not let them brown or turn color.
• Add in your chicken broth, drained rehydrated tomatoes, roasted red peppers, fresh tomatoes and salt and pepper and let simmer for about 10 minutes.
• Pour the soup in a blender and process until blended very well and you have a smooth consistency.
• Pass soup through a strainer to remove all the vegetable skins.
• Add more salt and pepper if needed.
• ENJOY!

Steps:

• Combine the cream cheese, mayo, sour cream, onion and garlic in a large mixing bowl - stir until blended. Stir in the tomoatores and peppers. Add the Italian blend cheese and 2/3 cup Parmesan. Stir until blended.
• Transfer mixture to greased 9x13 baking dish. Sprinkle remaining parmesan cheese on top. Bake at 350 for 20 minutes, until edges are bubbly and browning.
• Serve hot with crackers or vegetables.

Steps:

• Heat oven to 200C/180C fan/gas 6. Put the tomatoes, onion and peppers in a roasting tin, toss with the oil and season. Nestle in the garlic and thyme sprigs, then roast for 25-30 mins until all the veg has softened and slightly caramelised. Squeeze the garlic cloves out of their skins into the tin, strip the leaves off the thyme and discard the stalks and garlic skins. Mix the vinegar into the tin then blend everything in a bullet blender or using a stick blender, adding enough water to loosen to your preferred consistency (we used around 150ml).
• Reheat the soup if necessary, taste for seasoning, then spoon into two bowls and top each with a spoonful of ricotta, a few basil leaves, the seeds and a drizzle of oil. Serve with bread for dunking.

Steps:

• Heat the oil in a medium-sized pot. Saute the onion, garlic, and red bell pepper for 5-6 minutes, or until the peppers are tender. Add all of the remaining ingredients, except the cream and Swiss cheese. Bring to a boil then reduce the heat. Simmer for 10-12 minutes. Using a hand blender, puree the soup until nice and smooth. Gently stir in the cream and Swiss cheese. Garnish soup in bowls with raw red peppers, sun dried tomatoes and cheese if desired.