Chilled Roasted Red Pepper Soup
- 7 red bell peppers (2 3/4 pounds)
- 1 medium onion
- 1 small boiling potato
- 2 tablespoons olive oil
- 1 teaspoon ground cumin
- 3 1/2 cups water
- 2 cups chicken broth
- 1 medium tomato
- Accompaniment: lime wedges
- Quick-roast and peel peppers.Chop onion.
- Peel potato and cut into 1/4-inch dice.
- In a 5-quart heavy kettle heat oil over moderately high heat until hot but not smoking and saute onion, potato, and cumin, stirring, 5 minutes.
- Add roasted peppers, water, and broth and simmer, covered, 20 minutes, or until vegetables are very tender.
- While soup is cooking, peel and seed tomato.
- Puree soup in batches with tomato in a blender (use caution when blending hot liquids), transferring to a bowl, and season with salt and pepper.
- Cool soup.
- Chill soup, covered, at least 4 hours and up to 2 days.
- Adjust seasoning.
- Serve soup with lime wedges.
red bell peppers, onion, boiling potato, olive oil, ground cumin, water, chicken broth, tomato, accompaniment
Taken from www.epicurious.com/recipes/food/views/chilled-roasted-red-pepper-soup-102037 (may not work)