Traditional Gazpacho
Gazpacho with tomato, cucumber, bell pepper, onion for a crisp, chilled summer soup.
Ingredients
- 1 1/2 ounces white bread
- 3/4 cucumber
- 1 small onion
- 1 green bell pepper
- 3 1/2 pounds tomatoes
- 1/2 cup olive oil
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 2 teaspoons red wine vinegar or sherry vinegar
Instructions
- Blend all ingredients together. Season with salt and pepper. Serve chilled.
- Peel and seed cucumbers. This eliminates any bitterness.
- Cut and seed peppers. Feel free to add in one spicy pepper like a banana pepper if you have it. Otherwise bell pepper alone is fine.
- Put half of the olive oil in first. Add vegetables and bread. Blend until you have the right consistency. You don't want a thin puree. You still want soup to have heft but not with chunks. Add more olive oil as needed.
- Add vinegar. Stir in.
- Season with salt and pepper.
- Garnish with Basil.