Smoked Bell Pepper Soup

This is a recipe from Chef Ali Güngörmüs. But I made my own version.

It is an easy work to do. Good to cook when watching 24h Le Mans. 

The main seasoning of this soup are smoked paprika and fresh thyme.

The Chef recommended toasted walnuts to add as crunch on top. But I have an open package of sunflower seeds, they need to be eaten.

Chopping everything and starting onion and garlic in butter. The peppers are added and a bit of celery stalk. Let it get some color and then add hot water, veg stock paste and thyme. Lots of smoked paprika for color and taste is next. A shot of Noilly Prat helps too.

Let it cook covered on medium heat for 15 min. Pick the thyme stalks out and use a stickblender to make a coarse soup.

The creme fraiche goes on top together with chopped parsley and sunflower seeds.

Ingredients:

1red bell pepper, 1 yellow pepper, 1 celery stalk

2 green onions, 4 garlic cloves

2 tbsp butter

5 thyme stalks

3 tsp smoked paprika

2 tsp veg stock paste

2 tbsp Noilly Prat

500 ml water

4 tsp creme fraiche

Pepper

Sunflower seeds, parsley