My Favourite Gazpacho Soup
photo by Chez Desireacutee
- Ready In:
- 15mins
- Ingredients:
- 12
- Serves:
-
6
ingredients
- 2 large tomatoes
- 1 large green bell pepper
- 1 garlic clove
- 1⁄2 cup mixed herbs (i used chives, parsley, dill, basil, thyme, tarragon)
- 1⁄2 cup extra virgin olive oil
- 1 lemon, juice of
- 3 cups beef stock or 3 cups consomme
- 1 sweet onions or 1 Spanish onion, chopped
- 1 cucumber (English-style is best)
- 1⁄2 - 1 teaspoon paprika
- additional parsley, as garnish (optional)
- croutons or breadcrumbs, as garnish
directions
- Quarter tomatoes and place in a blender or food processor.
- Add chopped green pepper, coarsely chopped herbs, and pressed garlic.
- Blend till smooth or a consistency you prefer.
- Place in a serving bowl.
- Gradually add 1/2 cup olive oil, the juice of 1 lemon, and 3 cups of chilled beef stock to the tomato mixture while stirring.
- Substitute vegetable stock for a vegetarian version.
- Blend the onion and 1/2 of the cucumber and add to the tomato mixture.
- Add the paprika and grate the remaining cucumber into the soup. Add salt if you like or allow people to add salt at the table.
- Place 2 ice cubes in each bowl and garnish with parsley.
- Enjoy.
- I like to serve this with a nice foccacia bread on the side, but it needs nothing else.
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Reviews
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This was a very tasty cold soup and so colorful. I do not have a regular blender so I used an immersion blender instead, after having chopped all the vegetables first. I used the beef broth however next time I am going to use a vegetable broth because I do not care for beef that much. The only other change I would do is using less onion because it was somewhat over powering and less liquid because it seemed a little thin for my personal taste. This was a quick and refreshing addition to a dinner of simple sandwiches and green salad. My parents were both impressed and my dad asked for seconds. The leftovers were delicious the next day too- nice once the flavours had melded a bit. Thank-you!
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