Roasted Red Bell Pepper Sauce

Name: Roasted Red Bell Pepper Sauce
Yield: Makes about 2 cups, depending on the size of the vegetables
Ingredients: ½ cup or so homemade chicken or vegetable stock or your favorite canned broth; Drops of your favorite hot sauce; Salt and freshly ground pepper; 3 medium Roma or other plum tomatoes; 1 small red onion, peeled and quartered; 1 tablespoon roasted garlic; 3 large red bell peppers; Olive oil; 2 tablespoons butter, softened (optional)

Preparation info

Makes about
2 cups
, depending on the size of the vegetables

Difficulty
Medium

Appears in

Cooking One on One

By John Ash

Published 2004

About

Oven-roasting or grilling some vegetables concentrates their flavor and caramelizes their natural sugar. Pureed with some stock and strained, they make lovely savory sauces that are smooth and rich without any butter or cream. It couldn’t be simpler. If you like the effect, you can try it with almost any vegetable.

Ingredients

Olive oil
3 large red bell peppers
3 medium Roma or other plum tomatoes
1

Sauce
Gluten-free
Vegan

Method

Preheat the oven to 450°F. (You can also prepare the vegetables under a broiler or on a gas or charcoal grill.) Lightly oil the peppers, tomatoes, and onion, arrange on a baking sheet, and roast until the skins are blistered (do not blacken the tomatoes). Place the peppers in a bowl, c