This best ever homemade Red Pepper and Tomato Soup is the mixture of roasted red peppers, juicy summer tomatoes, onions and garlic. It’s fresh, creamy, healthy and full of Mediterranean flavours. Very easy to make from scratch– just roast all the vegetables on a baking tray, add some aromatic herbs and stock, then blend it all together.
Jump to RecipeSoup is generally considered as a winter food but roasted red pepper and tomato soup are some of the exceptions. This tasty soup is best when made at the end of summer when ripe and sweet tomatoes and peppers are in season. The natural flavour of the tomatoes is what determines the flavour of the soup so using fully ripe tomatoes is the key to success!
How to Make Homemade Tomato & Pepper Soup from Scratch?
Making your own homemade Tomato & Pepper Soup from scratch is very easy with basic pantry ingredients. However, to achieve the best results, you need to follow few simple steps:
- Roast your vegetables – start with preheating the oven to 200 °C. Place the tomatoes, red peppers, garlic and thyme on a baking tray, drizzle 2 tablespoons of olive oil on top. Make sure all the veggies are nicely covered with olive oil. Remove the tray from the oven and set it aside for 10 minutes until the vegetables have cooled enough.
- Prepare the base – while the veggies are in the oven roasting, start preparing the base. Place a dutch oven or a heavy-based pan on medium heat. Add a tablespoon of olive oil along with the onions and the bay leaves. Saute until the onions are soft then stir in the tomato paste. Add the sugar, salt, freshly ground black pepper, paprika and vegetable stock or water.
- Combine the roast vegetables with the base – when the vegetables are cooled enough to handle, remove their skins. You should be able to easily squeeze out the garlic cloves from their skin as well. Add your veggies to the pan, give it a good stir and gently simmer for 30 to 35 minutes with a lid on.
- Blitz, garnish and serve – remove the bay leaves, transfer the soup in a food processor and blitz until smooth. You can aslo use a hand-held blender but it wouldn’t be as smooth as blitzing in a food processor . Add extra stock if too thick or boil the soup further if too thin. Garnish with sour cream or a drizzle of olive oil.
This ultimate fresh tomato soup is creamy without using cream or milk. It’s vegan, gluten-free and also kid-friendly. Totally delicious and comforting!
Roasted tomato soup is often paired with a grilled cheese sandwich. You can also enjoy this tasty soup with some crispy Turkish Cheese Rolls (Sigara Borek), few slices of buttered Homemade Toast Bread or some Spinach Borek (Ispanakli Borek). Or why not try it with some Mercimek Kofte (Lentil Meatballs) and a bowl of Tomato and Walnut Salad (Gavurdagi Salatasi) to make it a vegan feast?
I hope you enjoy the process of making this super easy Roasted Red Pepper and Fresh Tomato Soup as much as you enjoy eating it! 🙂
Bon appétit! / Afiyet olsun!
Red Pepper and Tomato Soup
Ingredients
- 2-3 tbsp olive oil
- 4 medium tomatoes (around 500 grams) (cut in halves)
- 2 red romano peppers or large capsicum (around 250 grams)
- 4 cloves garlic
- 4-5 sprigs fresh thyme
- 1 medium onion (cut in chunky dices)
- 2 bay leaves
- 2 tbsp tomato paste
- ½ TSP sugar
- 1 TSP salt
- ½ TSP freshly ground black pepper
- ½ TSP paprika
- 1 ltr vegetable stock or water
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 200 °C.
- Place the tomatoes, red peppers, garlic and thyme on a baking tray, drizzle 2 tablespoons of olive oil on top.
- Roast the vegetables in the preheated oven for 30 to 35 minutes or until the skin of the peppers is charred.
- Remove the tray from the oven and set it aside for 10 minutes until the vegetables have cooled enough.
- In meanwhile, place a dutch oven or a heavy-based pan on medium heat.
- Add 1 tablespoon of olive oil along with the onions and the bay leaves.
- Saute until the onions are soft then stir in the tomato paste.
- Add the sugar, salt, freshly ground black pepper, paprika and vegetable stock or water.
- When the vegetables are cool enough to handle, remove their skins. You should be able to easily squeeze out the garlic cloves from their skin as well.
- Add your veggies to the pan, give it a good stir and gently simmer for 30 to 35 minutes with a lid on.
- Remove the bay leaves, transfer the soup in a food processor or with a hand-held blender and blitz until smooth. Add extra stock if too thick or boil the soup further if too thin.
- Garnish with sour cream or a drizzle of olive oil.
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This is Fantastic recipe that is easy to make.
This is Fantastic recipe