If you’re a fan of vampire books and movies like I am, you know that not all vampire stories have the same rules. For instance, not all vampires are allergic to the sun, like in Twilight or Vampire Diaries. Some can fly, or dematerialize. Some can read minds or glamor your memories away. No two stories are completely alike and that’s the fun of it isn’t it? But the one thing all vampire stories have in common is that vampires drink blood. So what better way to represent those blood sucking creatures of the night…or day, but with this elegant Warm Blood Bisque. Inspired by one of my favorite vampire shows, Trueblood, it’s a luscious blood red soup made with roasted red bell peppers, roasted tomatoes, and roasted garlic, that makes an elegant start to a vampire inspired Halloween dinner.
Warm Blood Bisque
Ingredients
- 1 medium yellow onion diced
- 1 large carrot diced
- 1 Tbsp canola oil
- 1 1/2 cups roasted red bell peppers, chopped
- 1 15 oz. can diced roasted tomatoes
- 5-6 cloves roasted garlic *see recipe note
- 1/2 4 oz. can tomato paste
- 6 cups chicken or vegetable broth
- 1 Bay leaf
- 1/2 tsp thyme, dried
- 1/2 tsp red pepper flakes (optional)
- 2-3 Tbsp black beans, pureed (to thicken soup)
- 2-3 Tbsp beet juice (for color and garnish)
- salt and pepper (to taste)
Instructions
- Add oil, onions and carrots to a large Dutch oven and sauté until onions are translucent, ~5 minutes. Add roasted red bell peppers, tomatoes, and roasted garlic to the pot. Add chicken or vegetable broth, tomato paste, bay leaf, thyme and red pepper flakes and simmer for 30- 40 minutes.
- Remove Bay leaf from soup and use an emersion blender to puree the soup. Add 2-3 tablespoons of pureed black beans to thicken the soup and to deepen the red color of the soup. To add additional depth of color to the soup, add a few tablespoons of beet juice to the soup. I used some of the juice from a can of whole beets.
- Salt and pepper to taste. Ladle into bowls and use a spoon to drip some beet juice to mimic blood drops to garnish. Enjoy!
These are creative and original recipes!
Thank you so much! I’m glad you enjoy them.
I’m dying to know where did you get those black crackers? I have looked for a recipe to no avail.
I bought these charcoal crackers from igourmet.com but I’m sure you can find them online from other companies as well. Hope that helps.
🖤Lori