Sheet Pan Red Pepper and Roast Tomato Soup

If you’re wondering what to do with those end of the season tomatoes on your window sills, or if you simply appreciate what the produce markets offer, this is for you ! Easy as it is delicious, just chop, roast, and blend. Serve with your favorite crusty bread ! By Chef and fellow ALKie Juli…

Ingredients:

1 head of garlic (you’ll only use half )

3 red bell peppers seeded and halved

5 large, peeled carrots cut into 1-inch pcs

5 plum tomatoes halved or 3 cups of cherry tomatoes

1 small yellow onion cut into wedges

2 tablespoons olive oil

1 1/2 tspn kosher salt divided

1 Tspn smoked paprika

1/8 tspn cayenne pepper ( optional )

1/2 tspn cumin

2 1/2 cups vegetable broth heated

Juice from a lemon

Directions:

-Pre heat oven to 400

-Place peppers , (skin side up) carrots ,tomatoes and garlic* on the sheet pan.

*Slice off the top of garlic, exposing cloves

-Drizzle with olive oil, sprinkle with salt and spices.

-Roast 40-45 minutes until all vegetables are tender.

-Once vegetables are done and you have removed the pepper skin, put the vegetables to a blender (squeezing in the roasted garlic cloves)

-Add the heated broth.

-Blend till smooth and serve with your favorite bread.

Enjoy!!

Juli Posner

Founder, A Practical Chef apracticalchef@gmail.com