Easiest Way to Make Ultimate Roasted Red Pepper and Tomato Soup

Roasted Red Pepper and Tomato Soup.

You can cook Roasted Red Pepper and Tomato Soup using 9 ingredients and 5 steps. Here is how you cook it.

Ingredients of Roasted Red Pepper and Tomato Soup

1. It's 2 Tbsp of olive oil.
2. You need 1 of onion, chopped.
3. You need 2 of large red peppers, seeds removed and roughly chopped.
4. You need 2 cloves of garlic, chopped.
5. You need 600 g (21 oz) of ripe tomatoes, quartered.
6. You need 1 of x 400g (14oz) tin chopped tomatoes.
7. You need 4 cups of chicken stock or vegetable stock.
8. You need 1 Tbsp of chopped fresh basil, to garnish.
9. It's of Extra virgin olive oil, to garnish.

Roasted Red Pepper and Tomato Soup step by step

1. Heat the olive oil in a large saucepan. Sauté the onion, peppers, and garlic for about 5 minutes. Add the fresh tomatoes and cook for another 3-4 minutes..
2. Add the tinned tomatoes, the stock and 1 (250ml) cup of water. Bring to the boil, reduce the heat and simmer for 30 minutes..
3. Remove from the heat and allow to cool a little. Purée the soup in batches in a food processor or with a hand-held blender. Strain through a coarse sieve and add a little extra stock, if desired..
4. Roasting the vegetables gives the soup a delicious flavour. Simply halve the onions, tomatoes and peppers, place them on a lined baking tray. Drizzle with a little olive oil and roast in a 200°C (gas mark 6) oven for 60 minutes, turning the onions and peppers once. Next, peel the skin from the cooked peppers and tomatoes. Add the vegetables to the soup..
5. Season to taste with salt and freshly ground black pepper. Serve hot, and garnished with the basil and a drizzle of extra virgin olive oil. Serve Hot with bread..