SMOKY Harissa Red Pepper Soup
Ingredients
- 3 tablespoons olive oil
- 1 pound of carrots peeled and cut into bite sized pieces
- 3 cloves of garlic peeled
- 1 roasted red pepper peeled, cored and seeded
- 3 tablespoons Moroccan Spice red harissa
- 2 teaspoons smoked paprika
- 2 tablespoons red wine vinegar
- kosher salt
- 4 cups vegetable broth
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to broil.
- In a medium sauté pan, add 2 tablespoons of the oil and the carrots and garlic and sauté over medium-low heat for about 12 minutes until the carrots are caramelized and tender.
- While the carrots are cooking, roast the red pepper.
- This is an easy hack for roasting a red pepper if you are uncomfortable doing it over an open flame on your stove top. You heat the broiler and place the pepper on and sheet pan. Broil for about 5 minutes until the skin is blackened and blistered and then flip it and broil the other side. Remove the pepper from the broiler and place it in a bowl and tightly top it with some plastic wrap. Let it steam for about 5 minutes and then go back and the skin should peel right off. Remove the stem and seeds as well.
- Transfer the carrots, garlic and any oil from the pan to the jar of a blender and add the roasted red pepper, harissa, smoked paprika, vinegar and remaining tablespoon of olive oil. Puree until smooth and season to taste with kosher salt.
- Add the puree to a pot and whisk in the vegetable broth. Bring to a simmer for about 15 minutes over medium-low heat. Season to taste with kosher salt and serve hot.
Notes
If you have problems finding Moroccan Spice red harissa, you can substitute with dried red pepper flakes. Maybe only use 1 tablespoons vice 3.
I believe you can purchase red harissa spice at Williams Sonoma.
I believe you can purchase red harissa spice at Williams Sonoma.
