Spicy Herbed Summer Gazpacho
photo by EmmyDuckie
- Ready In:
- 25mins
- Ingredients:
- 15
- Yields:
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8-10 3/4 cup servings
- Serves:
- 8-10
ingredients
- 3 tablespoons extra virgin olive oil
- 3⁄4 cup finely diced red onion
- 3⁄4 cup finely diced red bell pepper
- 3⁄4 cup finely diced green bell pepper
- 3 large garlic cloves, minced
- 2 cups organic tomato juice
- 2 cups reduced-sodium spicy vegetable juice
- 1 cup reduced-sodium Clamato juice
- 1 cup organic chicken broth or 1 cup vegetable broth
- 3 tablespoons snipped fresh parsley or 1 tablespoon dried parsley
- 3 tablespoons snipped fresh basil or 1 tablespoon dried basil
- 3 tablespoons snipped fresh chives or 1 tablespoon dried chives
- kosher sea salt & freshly ground black pepper
- 2 cups seeded diced fresh tomatoes
- 1 English cucumber, peeled, sliced thin, then diced (about 1 1/2 cups)
directions
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ONE DAY AHEAD:
- Place olive oil in a 5-quart saucepan over medium heat.
- When oil is hot, add onions, red and green peppers and garlic. Saute until soft, about 7 minutes.
- Add tomato juice, V-8 juice, Clamato juice, chicken broth, parsley, basil and chives.
- Season with salt and pepper to taste.
- Raise heat to high and bring mixture to boil.
- Immediately remove from heat and add tomatoes and cucumber.
- Stir to combine.
- Transfer soup to a covered container and refrigerate overnight to marry flavors.
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TO SERVE:
- Transfer soup to individual bowls.
- Serve soup cold with sides of bread, cheese, croutons, or crackers.
- NOTE: The secret to a good gazpacho is the harmonious marriage of flavors. This soup is best at peak harvest season, when vine-ripened tomatoes, peppers, and cucumbers are available.
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Reviews
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Perfect summer recipe. This one is much lighter on oil than most gazpacho recipes I've tried, which makes it very refreshing, and I love the herbs. I really don't care for clamato, so I subbed it for an extra measure of spicy vegetable juice. I found it's also great with a squeeze of lemon. I imagine vodka would be excellent as well.
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Vine-riped or not, the veggies I used in preparing this gazpacho made for A GREAT TASTING TREAT! Will admit, though, that I look forward to making this again when ALL those veggies are in season locally! Really enjoyed this particular combo of flavors & will be making this very recipe a number of times over this coming summer! Thanks for sharing it! [Tagged, made & reviewed in the Zingo part of ZWT5]
RECIPE SUBMITTED BY
kitty.rock
Orlando, Florida