Chilled Red Pepper Soup

Total Time: 4 hrs 40 mins Preparation Time: 40 mins Cook Time: 4 hrs

Ingredients

• Servings: 4
• 3 lbs red bell peppers, halved and seeded
• 1 yellow onion, cut into 1/4 inch slices
• 1 tablespoon olive oil
• 14 1/2 ounces vegetable broth
• 1/2 cup prepared pesto sauce

Recipe

• 1 preheat broiler or heat your grill to high and broil or grill your peppers and onion slices for 12 minutes or until pepper skins are blackened and onions are tender.
• 2 place peppers in a plastic bag and seal and allow them to sit for 15 minutes to steam.
• 3 chop onion slices.
• 4 peel peppers and chop.
• 5 in a medium sized pot, saute onions and peppers in olive oil for 5 mins, add broth and simmer 15 minutes.
• 6 pour into a food processor or blender and puree until completely smooth.
• 7 stir in 1/4 cup pesto and chill.
• 8 divide soup among four bowls and swirl 1 tablespoon pesto into each bowl.
• 9 serve.