Southwestern Corn and Tomato Soup from Soup: A Way of Life by Barbara Kafka

Ingredients

• 3 cups (750 ml) Plum Tomato Purée, canned Italian plum tomatoes puréed with their juice, or sterile-pack strained tomatoes
• 1 small onion, cut into ½-inch (.5-cm) dice
• 1 pound (450 g) firm potatoes, peeled and cut into ½-inch (1-cm) dice
• Kernels from 6 ears corn
• 1 teaspoon hot red pepper flakes
• ⅓ cup (60 g) diced red bell pepper
• Hot red pepper sauce, to taste
• ⅓ cup (60 g) diced green bell pepper
• Freshly ground black pepper, to taste
• 1 tablespoon kosher salt
• 2 medium scallions, white part only, thinly sliced across
• 2 tablespoons coarsely chopped cilantro
• 2 ounces (60 g) smoked slab bacon, cut into 1 x ½ x ½-inch (2.5 x 1 x 1-cm) matchstick strips
• 4 medium cloves garlic, smashed and peeled