My Favourite Gazpacho Soup

"A wonderful cold raw tomato soup. Once the tomatoes and cucumbers are plentiful and the herbs are up this becomes a summer staple. It's almost a liquid salad. Fresh herbs and veggies are best but canned and dried can be substituted in a pinch."
 
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photo by Chez Desireacutee
photo by Chez Desireacutee photo by Chez Desireacutee
photo by Chez Desireacutee photo by Chez Desireacutee
Ready In:
15mins
Ingredients:
12
Serves:
6
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ingredients

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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

  1. What needs to be highlighted is the fact that this needs to steep for 24 hrs and even gets better 2 to 3 days later.More of every veg. is also to the individuals taste.Some like lots of cucumber and some carrots,too.I like celery and include a few stalks,as well.
     
  2. 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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