Chilled Red Pepper & Fennel Soup
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Chilled red pepper and fennel soup, a lovely thick soup is very satisfying, and bursting with the fresh flavours of summer. It is thick enough to hold the garnish of corn salsa which should only be added just before serving. This soup keeps well and benefits from being made a day ahead.
Ingredients
30 ml olive oil
2 leeks, white part only, chopped
1 Spanish onion, chopped
2 cloves garlic, chopped
2 shallots, chopped
5 large carrots, chopped
2 fennel bulbs, halved, cored and chopped
4 sprigs fresh thyme
3 red peppers
250 ml champagne OR white wine
salt
freshly ground black pepper
45 ml mild yogurt
Minted Corn Salsa
2 ears of corn
½ small Spanish onion, finely diced
1 Roma tomato, seeded
10 fresh mint leaves, finely sliced
80 ml chopped fresh parsley
juice of 1 lime
salt
freshly ground black pepper
Method
Heat the olive oil in a saucepan and add the leeks, Spanish onion, garlic and shallots and sweat for 5 minutes until soft.
Add the carrots, fennel and thyme sprigs and cook over a medium heat for 30 minutes until all the vegetables are tender.
Meanwhile, slice the four sides of the peppers (discard the seed core) and grill, skin side up, for about 5 minutes until blackened and blistered.
Transfer the peppers into a plastic bag and allow to steam.
When cool enough to handle, open the bag and slip the skins off the pepper pieces.
Add the pepper pieces, champagne and stock to the softened vegetables and raise the heat to high.
Continue to cook, uncovered for 20 minutes until all the flavours have combined.
Remove the soup from the heat and purée in a food processor, blender or hand blender.
Season to taste with salt and pepper and allow to cool.
Minted Corn Salsa
Cut all the corn from the ears and microwave on high for 2 minutes.
Mix the Spanish onion, Roma tomato and corn in a bowl.
Add the mint leaves, dhania, parsley, lime juice and salt and pepper to taste and mix thoroughly.
Toasted Italian Bread
Cut Italian bread into thick slices.
Place on a baking tray at 180°C for 10 minutes.
Turn bread and bake for 10 minutes longer or until golden.
Rub hot toast with the cut surface of a clove garlic.
Ladle the soup into individual bowls, top with some yogurt and a generous spoonful of the salsa. Serve with toasted Italian bread.
Category: Starter
Cuisine: Global
Sub-Category: Soup
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