Soup Recipes > Onion and Pepper Soup

How to make Onion and Pepper Soup:
A really simple yet delicious soup. Serve it as a starter or as a light meal with crusty garlic bread.





Ingredients

Onion and Pepper Soup
2 1/2 ozs butter
3 garlic cloves, peeled and crushed
2 Spanish onions, peeled and chopped
1 large green pepper, deseeded and cut into thin strips
1 large red pepper, deseeded and cut into thin strips
3 medium tomatoes, skins removed and flesh chopped
5oz mushrooms, cleaned and sliced
salt and pepper
3oz grated cheddar
(see measure conversions for more information)

Method

- Fry the onions gently in the butter for about 5 minutes.
- Add the peppers and cook for a further 3 minutes.
- Add the stock.
- Bring all the ingredients to the boil.
- Add the mushrooms and tomatoes.
- Cook for another fifteen minutes making sure the vegetables are tender.
- Add salt and pepper to taste.
- Stir in the cheese.
- Serve on its own of with crusty garlic bread.