Gazpacho

megnbrycesmom's Note:

This is my gram's recipe for the traditional Spanish "salad soup". Good homegrown tomatoes are a must for this recipe. She also blends it quite fine--not totally puréed, but no large chunks either.

• Total Time: 30 mins
• Prep Time: 30 mins
• Cook Time: 0 mins

Ingredients:

Yield: 1 batch

• 12 very ripe homegrown tomatoes
• 4 large green peppers
• 4 large cucumbers
• 4 bunches scallions
• 32 ounces tomato juice
• 6 -8 tablespoons red wine vinegar
• pepper, to taste
• Tabasco sauce, to taste

Directions:

1. Core and quarter tomatoes.
2. Peel cucumbers and cut in chunks.
3. Seed peppers and cut in chunks.
4. Combine tomatoes, cucumbers, peppers, and scallions in batches in a blender or food processor. Blend, not until pureed, but until there are no large chunks.
5. Add tomato juice, vinegar, pepper, and Tabasco sauce.
6. Chill well.

Reviews

[AllergyGirl]

Just as I expect gazpacho to taste! The only thing I changed was that I added a little bit of worchestershire sauce (because I'm obsessed with it).

[BakinBaby]

Delish. Made for ZWT5. I wish my garden was in full force, this will certainly be used later in the summer. Made for Zingo. I added a bit more juice,oh and by the way, I used V-8, that's what I had on hand. Delish.

[Kumquat the Cat's friend]

I also quartered this for the 2 of us, and we didn't finish it either. This was simple but nice. I was afraid using a blender would puree this too much, but I was left with smallish lumps which we liked. Instead of tomato juice we used a veggie blend. I used what I thought were the best looking tomatoes at the store (no home grown for me in the city) which were grape tomatoes. No chopping:). I did add a little veggie blend juice to the blender to make blending easier. Quick, easy, good, healthful. Made for ZWT 5.