Sweet Red Pepper Soup with Jalapeno Croutons
| Yield: | 1 Servings |
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| 1/2 | Stick (4 Tabs) unsalted butter | |
| 2 | c | Chopped leeks |
| 1 | c | Chopped yellow onions |
| 2 | tb | Sweet Hungarian paprika |
| 1 | ts | Ground cumin |
| 1 | ts | Dried basil, crumbled |
| 3 | Bay leaves | |
| 3 | lb | Sweet red peppers, stemmed, seeded and coarsely chopped |
| 5 | c | Lightly salted chicken broth (OR vegetable broth) |
| 1 | ts | Salt |
| JALAPENO CROUTONS | ||
| 2 | tb | Unsalted butter |
| 2 | tb | Olive oil |
| 3 | Whole garlic cloves, peeled | |
| 2 | Fresh jalapenos, stemmed and quartered | |
| 2 | c | Firm white peasant-style sourdough bread, cut into 1/3 inch cubes |
| Salt |
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