Summer Gazpacho
Serves 4-6
Ingredients
- 1/2 red onion, chopped
- 3 lb. heirloom tomatoes, cored and chopped
- 1 1/2 cucumbers, peeled, seeded, and chopped
- 5 tsp. fresh lemon juice (1 large lemon)
- 4 Tbsp. olive oil (I cut this down to just 2 Tbsp.)
- 2 tsp. minced fresh flat-leaf parsley
- Sea salt and freshly ground pepper, to taste
- 2 garlic cloves
- 1/2 tsp. minced fresh thyme
- 2 Tbsp sherry vinegar (I used oregano balsamic vinegar)
- 2 cups cubed French bread
- 1 large red bell pepper, seeded and chopped
Instructions
- In a small bowl, stir together 1/2 cup onion, 1 cup tomatoes, 3/4 cup cucumbers, 1 tsp. lemon juice, 1 Tbsp. oil, parsley, and 1/2 tsp. salt and pepper, to taste. Refrigerate until ready to serve.
- In a Vitamix blender, combine remaining onion, 4 tsp. lemon juice, 1 Tbsp. salt, garlic, thyme, vinegar, and bread. Turn blender on, slowly increase speed to highest setting and blend until smooth.
- Add half of remaining tomatoes, cucumbers, and bell pepper; blend until completely smooth, about 1 minute. Blend remaining tomatoes, cucumbers, and bell pepper until smooth. Season with pepper. Transfer to a bowl and refrigerate for at least 1 hour or up to 1 day.
- Just before serving, transfer soup to blender. With blender on lowest setting, slowly stream in 3 Tbsp. oil (I only added 1); blend 1 minute. Ladle gazpacho into bowls. Garnish with heaping spoonful of diced vegetables.
thanks Angela, I am sooooo going to make this!
ReplyDelete:) I will probably garnish with a few sprigs of arugula.
Great! Let me know how it turns out!
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