Pimento Soup

Ingredients

2 4 ounce jar pimentos, undrained

4 tablespoons butter

5 tablespoons flour

4 cups chicken stock (see our Chicken Stock recipe)

3 cups half-and-half

4 teaspoons onions, minced

Salt and freshly ground pepper to taste

½ teaspoon hot sauce (like Tabasco)

sour cream (optional)

1. Place pimentos into blender and process until smooth. Put pimento aside.

2. In a Dutch oven melt butter over low heat; add flour and stir until flour mixture is smooth. Cook 1 minute, stirring all the time.

3. Gradually add chicken stock and half-and-half to flour mixture, and cook over medium heat, stirring all the time, until stock mixture is thickened.

4. Stir in pimento, onion, salt, and hot sauce; cook over low heat, stirring all the time until heated.

5. Garnish with sour cream, if desired.

Serves approx 8