Sonntag, 25. Dezember 2022
Red pepper soup with Lime
- 1 large onion, chopped
- 4 red peppers, seeded and chopped
- 5 ml/1 tsp olive oil
- 3 garlic cloves, sliced
- 2 fresh red chilli, sliced
- 45 ml/3 tbsp tomato purée
- 1000 ml vegetable stock
- finely grated rind and juice of 1 lime
- salt and freshly ground black pepper
- shreds of lime rind, to garnish

(1) Cook the onion, garlic and peppers gently in the oil in a covered saucepan for about 5 minutes, shaking the pan occasionally, until just softened.

(2) Stir in the tomato purée and chili. Add half the stock, then bring to the boil. Cover and simmer for 10 minutes.

(3) Cool slightly, the puree in a food processor or blender. Return to the pan and add the remaining stock, the lime rind and juice and salt and pepper.

(4) Bring the soup back to the boil, then serve at once, with a few strips of lime rind scattered into each bowl.

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