DIFFICULTY : SIMPLE    TIME:  60 MINUTES   SERVES: 6            

A warm and creamy Crescendo® Sweet Pointed Pepper Soup.

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  • Cooking Video : Crescendo® Sweet Pointed Pepper Soup
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    Executive Chef Ned Bell, Windset Farms®, creates an easy and delicious recipe for Creamy Pepper Soup
    Executive Chef Ned Bell, Windset Farms®, creates an easy and delicious recipe for Creamy Pepper Soup
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  • Creamy Crescendo® Sweet Pointed Pepper Soup 

     

    Ingredients
    • 1 stick butter
    • 1 white, yellow or red onion, diced
    • 3 cloves garlic, chopped
    • 8 ½ cups Crescendo® Sweet Pointed Peppers
    • 1 cup white wine
    • 4 ¼ cups vegetable or chicken stock
    • 2 cups 35% cream
    • 1 cup sour cream
    • ¼ cup green onion, chopped
    • 1 tbsp grainy mustard
    • salt and cracked black pepper

  • Instructions
    1. Preheat oven to 375°F.
    2. Roast peppers in oven until skins are blistered (30 minutes) let cool, peel and seed. Blend peppers in a food processor.
    3. In a large pot, sauté onions and garlic in butter. Add Crescendo® Sweet Pointed Peppers.
    4. Deglaze with white wine. Add chicken stock and cream. Simmer for 30 minutes over medium heat.
    5. Season with salt and cracked black pepper.
    6. In a separate bowl, mix together sour cream, green onions and grainy mustard.
    7. Serve soup, garnishing with a dollop of grainy mustard sour cream, and a slice of multigrain loaf or homemade corn bread.