Yellow Pepper Soup With Fresh Tomato Salsa

Total Time: 1 hr 5 mins Preparation Time: 30 mins Cook Time: 35 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 4
• 4 large yellow bell peppers
• 1 tablespoon butter
• 1 onion, diced
• 1 garlic clove, minced
• 2 cups chicken stock
• 1 large carrot, sliced
• 1 small banana peppers or 1 small jalapeno pepper, seeded
• 1/4 teaspoon saffron thread, crumbled
• 1 cup half-and-half
• 3 -4 plum tomatoes, seeded and diced
• 1/4 cup finely diced sweet onion (such as vidalia)
• 1 garlic clove, minced
• 1 small jalapenos or 1/4 teaspoon hot pepper sauce
• 1 tablespoon chopped fresh cilantro
• 1/8 teaspoon salt
• 2 teaspoons lime juice

Recipe

• 1 if serving soup right away, make salsa topping. if you are freezing soup, make salsa the day of serving.
• 2 to make salsa:.
• 3 in a medium bowl, stir together tomatoes, onion, garlic, hot pepper, cilantro, half of the lime juice and salt. let stand at room temperature for 30 minutes.
• 4 taste, and if desired, add remaining lime juice. this will keep refrigerated for up to one day.
• 5 to make soup:.
• 6 wash yellow peppers. core, seed and split in half. with your hand flatten peppers slightly to they will lay on the grill nicely.
• 7 preheat grill or broiler. roast peppers for about 15 minutes or until skins are charred black.
• 8 remove from heat and place in a paper bag. seat bag and let sit for 10 minutes.
• 9 remove from bag and skins should slide right off.
• 10 in a large saucepan, melt butter over medium heat. add onion and garlic and cook for 5 minutes. stir in stock, carrot, roasted bell peppers and banana pepper. crumble in saffron.
• 11 bring to a boil, reduce heat and simmer, covered, for 20 minutes or until vegetable are very tender.
• 12 puree, in batches, in a food processor or blender.
• 13 if freezing: cool and ladle into freezer containers. seal and label. freeze for up to 4 months.
• 14 to serve:.
• 15 thaw in fridge.
• 16 when ready to serve, stir in 1/2 & 1/2 cream. taste for seasoning.
• 17 ladle into chilled bowls and garnish with a spoonful of fresh tomato salsa.