Toast Pepper & Tomato Soup
Servings:4
Preparation Time:5
Cooking Time:30
Ingredients
- 25 g butter
- 2 stick celery sliced & chopped
- 2 tbsp olive oil
- 2 tbsp tomato puree
- 4 clove garlic
- 1 onion cut in half
- 3 red pepper halved & de-seeded
Method
- Pre heat oven to 200C. Place the pepper & onion halves (cut side down) along with the plum tomatoes & garlic cloves into a baking tray & drizzle with the olive oil. Bake at the top of your oven for 30 mins or until the vegetables are roasted & tender.
- Meanwhile melt down the butter in a large pan over a medium heat and sauté the chopped celery for 4-5 mins.
- Add the tomato puree to the vegetable stock and mix well and then add to the sautéed celery. Remove from the heat.
- When the baked vegetables are ready add them to the pan along with the tomatoes. Place back on to a low to medium heat & using a hand blender blend until the soup is smooth.