Recipe Book/Festive/vegetables/soups

 

Creamy Red Pepper Soup
(Courtesy of Bookers Ltd.)

 

A warming start to your Christmas meal. Serve with Bookers' Autumn Spice white wine, a fresh lively white medium dry wine with a balanced pineapple sweetness, crisp acidity, and grapefruit and spice flavours. This wine has a lovely aroma with hints of lychee and floral notes. Delicious!

Serves 4

Ingredients:

2

red peppers, quartered and de-seeded

2

large tomatoes, halved

750 ml (1¼ pts)

vegetable stock

150g (5oz)

Greek yoghurt

1 tablespoon

chopped coriander

Salt and pepper to season

Method:

Grill peppers and tomatoes for approx 8 minutes, turning once, until softened.

Peel the tomatoes and peppers and discard skins. Roughly chop and put in a saucepan, add the stock and simmer for 20 mins.

Blitz in a blender with the Greek yoghurt.

Season to taste.

Return to the pan and gently re-heat being careful not to boil the soup.

Serve garnished with chopped coriander.