Good eats =- Good company

Just wanted to pass along a recipe I found in the Home and Away Cookbook put out by ETSU staff and friends.  It's a weighty tome...probably a pound or more, but so chock full of interesting information and fabulous recipes, well worth the heft.  And the price is very reasonable!

But as I said, it's the recipes in the book that make it especially interesting to me.  I've tried a few and one of my favorites, as well as a favorite each time I've served it at the Iron Mountain Inn B&B, is

Fire Roasted Red Pepper Soup

2 cloves garlic
½ cup sweet onion
2 tbls olive oil
1 ½ cups chicken stock
1 cup white wine
1 cup fresh basil
1  14 oz jar roasted red peppers pureed
1   8 oz can sweetened condensed milk
1  8 oz carton half and half

Saute garlic and onion in olive oil until tender.  Add chicken stock, reduce mixture by half.  Add wine and reduce again by half. Add basil and pureed peppers, salt and pepper to taste.  Heat for 5 minutes over low heat.  Remove from heat and blend mixture thoroughly in blender.  Return to low heat and add sweetened condensed milk and half and half. Re-season and simmer again for 5 minutes before serving.

Enjoy!

Let me know how you like it when you try it!

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