Bitter Roasted Red Bell Pepper Soup

[JAE]

I made a Roasted Red Bell Pepper Soup from Better Homes and Gardens. It has chicken broth, roasted red bell peppers, onions, orange juice, orange peel a tiny bit of salt and sugar. I used fat free, low sodium broth. It needed some flavor, so I went online to a recipe website and found a similar recipe with garlic. I added garlic. Now it's bitter. What should I add? Any ideas? I'd rather not add sugar unless that's the only thing to get rid of the bitterness. I was going to give this away in jars as gifts or take it to Christmas Eve and Christmas dinners. Now, I'm stuck with this huge batch of soup. I purchased a lot of red bell peppers and they aren't cheap. Please, help.

 

[scottcooks]

Try a little bit of lemon juice and some brown sugar - the lemon will perk up the citrus already there, and the brown sugar has a teeny bit of molasses. It will add a complex dimension to the soup - should cancel-out the bitterness.

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[tabnat80]

I would add a bouyon cube and lots of pepper.