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Newsgroups: rec.food.recipes
From: zola@hardy.u.washington.edu (reine des tournesols)
Subject: ROASTED EGGPLANT SOUP -- Domaine Chandon recipe
Message-ID: <22nc32$fkr@news.u.washington.edu>
Summary: yum yum yum
Keywords: Gourmet 4/92
Organization: University of Washington
Date: 23 Jul 1993 00:41:06 GMT
ROASTED EGGPLANT SOUP
with mozzarella croutons
***DOMAIN CHANDON***
Napa Valley, CA
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1.5 pounds Japanese eggplant, halved lengthwise
1 red bell pepper, halved lengthwise and seeded
4 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil
2 onions, unpeeled and halved lengthwise
3 plum tomatoes, halved lengthwise
8 garlic cloves
1 tablespoon unsalted butter
3 fresh thyme sprigs, chopped fine
3 fresh oregano sprigs, chopped fine
3 fresh basil sprigs, chopped fine
8 cups chicken broth
1 bay leaf, crumbled
twelve 1/4-inch-thick slices of French bread, toasted
3/4 pound goat's milk mozzarella, grated coarsely
In a bowl coat the eggplant and the bell pepper lightly with
1 tablespoon of the oil and season the vegetables with salt and
pepper. In a foil-lined roasting pan arrange the eggplant, skin sides
down, the bell pepper, skin sides up, the onions, cut sides down,
and the tomatoes, cut sides down, and roast the vegetables in the
upper third of a pre-heated 400degree F. oven for 10 minutes. Put
the garlic in the pan near the tomatoes, roast the vegetables for 30
to 40 minutes more, or until the bell pepper is charred, and let them
cool. Remove the skin from the bell pepper and the onions and
coarsely chop the eggplant, the bell pepper, the onions, and the
garlic.
In a large kettle melt the butter with the remaining 3
tablespoons oil over moderately high heat, add the chopped
vegetables including the garlic, the tomatoes, the thyme, the
oregano, the basil, and enough of the broth to just cover the
mixture, and bring the mixture to a boil. Add the bay leaf and
simmer the soup for 30 minutes, or until it is thickened slightly. In
a blender or food processor puree the soup in batches, transferring
it as it is pureed to the cleaned kettle (the soup will be thick and
textured, flecked with black bits of the eggplant), and heat it with
the remaining broth over moderately low heat until it is heated
through.
Arrange the bread slices on a baking sheet, sprinkle them
with mozzarella, and broil the croutons under a preheated broiler
about 4 inches from the heat for 3 to 4 minutes, or until the cheese
is golden. Ladle the soup into 6 bowls and top each serving with 2
croutons. Serves 6.
(also, instead of full slices as croutons, after
broiling, with a sharp knife the toasted bread can be cut into smaller
croutons and sprinkled onto the soup)