This thickening sauce for soup is made with sun dried tomatoes and roasted red peppers. A spoonful or two is an easy way to add texture and depth of flavour to soups.
We are a soup family. Through the fall and winter hearty soups are on the menu at our house more than any other dish. Many of the soups I make are tomato based (making use of all the roasted tomato sauce I put up each fall) and all except for one are vegetarian.
This soup thickener is based on a recipe I found at the back of the book Splendid Soups by James Peterson. A couple of scoops of this flavourful sauce add texture and body to any broth (tomato or other).
Mediterranean Thickening Sauce for Soup
Course: Other, Soups, SauceDifficulty: Easy15
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minutesThis thickening sauce made from sun dried tomatoes and roasted red peppers adds texture and depth of flavour to soups.
Ingredients
1/3 cup sun dried tomatoes, soaked, drained and chopped
2/3 cup bread crumbs
3 cloves garlic
2 roasted red peppers, chopped
Pinch of salt
1/3 cup olive oil
Directions
- Soak sun dried tomatoes in boiling water to cover for 10 minutes. Drain and chop.
- Place bread crumbs and garlic in the food processor and whirr until the garlic is finely minced.
- Add red peppers, tomatoes, and salt.
- Puree, and then add the olive oil.
- Scrape into a jar with a tight fitting lid.
- Will last in the fridge for up to a month
