Description
Nothing like a cold and refreshing bowl of authentic Spanish Gazpacho to cool off this summer. Authentic gazpacho from Spain is silky and smooth not chunky. You can add some crunch with some fresh cut tomatoes, cucumbers, peppers and fresh made croutons.
Ingredients
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- 3 medium red bell peppers, roughly chopped
- 3 large cucumbers, peeled and roughly chopped
- 12 medium ripe tomatoes, roughly chopped
- 1 large clove of garlic (optional)
- 2 cups water
- 1/2 cup extra virgin olive oil
- 1/4 cup + 1 tbsp apple cider vinegar, sherry vinegar, or red wine vinegar
- 1 tsp salt or more to taste
- 1/4 cup plain breadcrumbs (optional)
- Homemade croutons
- 1 large french baguette
- 1/4 cup olive oil
- 1/4 tsp salt or to taste
Instructions
- Place all the ingredients in batches in a blender. With each batch add some of the water, olive oil, salt vinegar, and bread crumbs. Blend until smooth
- Pour each blended batch through a fine mesh strainer to strain the tomato and pepper skin and cucumber seeds.
- Chill for a couple of hours before serving.
- Serve with homemade croutons
- Home made croutons
- Dice the baguette and place in a large bowl
- Drizzle with olive oil and season with salt. Spread the bread cubes on a cookie sheet lined with tin foil in one single layer
- Bake at 400F for 20 minutes or until golden brown
- Serve on top of the gazpacho.
- Enjoy! From May I have that recipe
Notes
- In addition to the croutons, you can add freshly diced cucumbers, tomatoes, and bell peppers.
- The gazpacho will taste better if cooled in the fridge overnight.
- When is really hot out fill a pitcher with gazpacho and serve it in drinking glasses for a cold, refreshing filling snack.
- In the US many recipes add Tabasco or hot sauce to gazpacho. Try not to do that, you want the flavor of the fresh summer produce to shine.
This post was originally published on June 16, 2013.
- Prep Time: 20 mins
- Cook Time: 20 mins
- Category: cold soup
- Method: raw
- Cuisine: Spanish
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 cup without croutons
- Calories: 125
- Sugar: 1
- Sodium: 197
- Fat: 11
- Saturated Fat: 2
- Trans Fat: 0
- Carbohydrates: 7
- Fiber: 2
- Protein: 2
- Cholesterol: 0