Day 361: Roasted Pepper Soup ◄
Roasting the peppers was painful but -- at least! -- yes, the soup was worth it. During the other night's first taste test, I worried the whole pot was destined for the disposal. You see, the 'spice' in this soup is chili powder. It seemed an odd choice from the git-go but because this cookbook ( Vegetarian Celebrations by Nava Atlas who blogs with the rest of us at In a Vegetarian Kitchen ) is so reliably good, chili powder it was. Straight out of the pot, the chili powder tasted strident, overpowering and mismatched with the pepper. After resting overnight, the soup was ... yes, delicous! And the chili powder had mellowed into the background, letting the sweet pepper flavor come forth and shine. NEXT TIME ... I'll try the soup with two-buck, two-second Trader Joe's frozen roasted peppers or the equivalent of jarred peppers. KITCHEN NOTES ... Even on a damp spring day, this was tempting cold, a red-pepper gazpacho, if you will. As garnish, the roasted gr