Best Gazpacho Recipe
This easy, cold summer soup is a must-try, and a great way to use up your garden veggies. Dust off your blender and whip up a batch!
This easy, cool summer soup is a must-try, and a great way to use up your garden veggies. It’s also a great way to get your “5 a day” and help curb your appetite.
Best Gazpacho Recipe
Ingredients
- 4-5 ripe tomatoes
- 1 large cucumber, peeled
- 1 large red onion, quartered
- 1 green or red bell pepper, halved
- 2 cloves garlic, chopped
- 2 cups tomato juice or V8 juice
- 3 tablespoons olive oil
- 4 tablespoons red wine vinegar
- Juice of 1 lemon
- ¼ teaspoon hot pepper sauce, such as Tabasco® (optional)
- 1 teaspoon salt, or to taste
- Ground black pepper
Instructions
- In a blender or food processor, combine the tomatoes, cucumber, onion, bell pepper, garlic, and 1 cup of tomato juice. Pulse until the veggies are coarsely chopped but not liquified, working in batches, if necessary.
- In a large serving bowl, mix the pureed vegetables with the remaining tomato juice, olive oil, vinegar, lemon juice, pepper sauce (if desired).
- Add salt and pepper, to taste.
- Refrigerate for at least 2 hours before serving. Serves 4.
- If desired, add a dollop of plain yogurt to each bowl and a sprig of cilantro or flat leaf parsley.
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This is much like a recipe I’ve had for years, and at the moment can’t put my hands on it. The 1st thing I do is put the tomatoes in boiling water for 10 seconds, refresh w/cold water, peel, and remove some of the seeds. sherry vinegar, adds a little to it too. Making it slightly chunky is great, and then I put extra vegetables, in bowls on the side, so people can make it xtra chunky. The thing that sets it off for us, is either adding cooked shrimp and/or lobster. Carl, I agree with the basil, I put that, and parsley in the gazpacho, cheese on the side sounds great too, with a little crusty bread, yum.
Sounds delish!
I have made this for my family with 1 additional ingredient, 3 sprigs of fresh Lemon Basil. And serve with an assortment of cheeses.
Carl, it sounds delish!