Gazpacho
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Rachel Warren Chadd
Gazpacho
About this recipe: This cold soup uses lots of tomatoes, which helps to protect the cardiovascular system. It needs at least one hour chilling time for best results.
Ingredients
Serves: 6
- 85g (3oz) French bread
- 1 large red or green pepper, coarsely chopped
- 1 red onion, coarsely chopped
- 1/2 cucumber, peeled, seeded and sliced
- 225g (8oz) plum tomatoes, cored and quartered
- 15g (1/2oz) fresh basil or flat-leaf parsley leaves
- 1 garlic clove, finely chopped
- 2 tablespoons olive oil
- 2 tablespoons red or white wine vinegar
- 725ml (11/4 pints) tomato juice
- good pinch of freshly ground black pepper
Method
Prep:1hr20min ›
Ready in:1hr20min
- Remove the crusts from the bread and tear the bread into pieces. Place in a bowl and cover with water. Soak for at least 5 minutes.
- Drain some of the water from the bowl, then, with your hands, squeeze out most of the remaining water from the bread. Reserve the soaked bread.
- Place the red or green pepper, red onion and cucumber in a food processor and process until very finely chopped. Pour the mixture into a large bowl.
- Add the tomatoes and basil to the food processor and process until very finely chopped but not totally puréed. Add to the pepper mixture in the bowl.
- Add the garlic, oil, wine vinegar, soaked bread and tomato juice to the food processor and process until blended. Stir into the vegetable mixture until thoroughly combined.
- Add the black pepper. Cover the bowl and chill the soup for at least 1 hour before serving.
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