Roasted redcapsicum soup

         

Ingredients:

  5-6 red capsicum
  2 tsp of oil
   3 tbsp of butter
  200 gm of tomato paste
  4-5 cup vegetable stock
  1 onion
   3-4 garlic cloves
  1 chopped carrot
 1  tbsp of chopped celery
  2 tsp  mixed herbs
 1 tbsp of chopped parsley
  salt, pepper to taste


Method:

• First brush the red capsicums with olive oil and roast the capsicums .
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• Once its cooled peel the outer skin.
• Melt the butter and cook the chopped onion till translucent, then add the chopped garlic and cook for a minute.
• Now add the cut carrot, then add the peeled capsicum  cook for a 30 seconds, now tip in the tomato paste.
• Cook for a minute.
• Add the stock, celery and cook for 10 minutes. 
• Once cooled  puree  the soup  and again cook for a minute or two  in the sauce pan.
• Add salt, pepper, mixed herbs.
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• Garnish with chopped parsley and serve hot with bread sticks.