Gazpacho

Gazpacho

This sunny recipe is best prepared in the summer and early autumn, when the fresh ingredients are at their best

Difficulty and servings

Easy

Serves 4 - 6

Preparation and cooking times

Total time

Ready in 20 minutes

Method

  1. Put the chopped tomatoes, spring onions, garlic and cucumber in a blender and whizz until smooth. Pass through a fine sieve 2 or 3 times to remove most of the pulp.
  2. Put the mix back in the blender and slowly add the olive oil and sherry vinegar and season well. Chill in the fridge.
  3. To make the garnish, finely dice the spring onions, red pepper, green pepper and hard-boiled egg. Cut the bread into 1cm cubes and gently fry in a little olive oil to make croutons. Serve the gazpacho with the garnish.

229 kcalories, protein 4.4g, carbohydrate 9.6g, fat 19.5 g, saturated fat 2.9g, fibre 3.1g, salt 0.49 g

Recipe from olive magazine, June 2007.

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  • 27 July 2008

    chillidog rated and commented on this recipe

    5 stars

    Everyone loved this version of Gazpacho. The In-laws even took a copy of the recipe home with them! excellent!

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  • 02 September 2008

    AnaNoMar rated and commented on this recipe

    5 stars

    This cold soup should be served chilled or with some ice cubes added. Garnish also with some black grapes... it's delicious. Or simply garnish with diced tomato, peppers, cucumbers, onions...

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  • 15 November 2008

    Dawn rated and commented on this recipe

    4 stars

    ''I made this summer soup with the last of the toms from the greenhouse. Each of the flavours came through beautifully and it only needed the smallest bit of salt. I must confess to not putting it through a sieve so was perhaps thicker than otherwise but gazpacho in November perhaps needs a little something extra.

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  • 22 July 2009

    Claris74 rated and commented on this recipe

    5 stars

    This was delicious and so easy to make. I made it the night before my dinner party and left it in the fridge and all the flavours had permeated even more. Give it a go!

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  • 14 August 2009

    knucklez commented on this recipe

    i lived in adalucia for 11 years, an every one i knew had gazpacho as a drink not a soup

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    21 August 2009

    DJ rated and commented on this recipe

    3 stars

    Good recipe - only thing is that (in my opinion) three cloves of garlic is way too much. Adding lemon juice is also a good option.

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  • 04 September 2009

    eugenia commented on this recipe

    You have to use bread and water also when you chop all the ingredients for do the real gazpacho, and use only one garlic cloves

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  • 16 September 2009

    cmf-foodfile commented on this recipe

    Some of the comments about this recipe would make me want to make it as a drink. I used to do a tomato juice starter - finely diced spring onion, yellow peeper and cucumber,, and some seasonings - leave itto infuse in the fridge for as much of the day as possible. Nowadays, though I'm not making that juice as such, I do add lime juice and a load of garlic into my seasonings.

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  • 08 May 2011

    Rosana commented on this recipe

    I had the most wonderful soup last night at a gathering. It was a tomato based pineapple Gazpacho. I was told it was from Cooking Light. Does anyone have the recipe? Thanks for the sharing / <a http://cowabungaicecream.com target=_blank" rel="follow">online ice cream </a> Rosana

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  • 03 August 2011

    IanPower rated this recipe

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  • 17 September 2011

    Tom Chivers rated and commented on this recipe

    5 stars

    Really good and very easy. Made for a starter for a big family lunch and thoroughly impressed my visiting parents. Added a few splashes of tabasco sauce for a bit of a kick. Brilliant recipe, so refreshing.

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  • 19 September 2011

    Marek commented on this recipe

    I have made this soup twice. The first time I detected a slight 'soapy' taste so I wondered if maybe I hadn't rinsed out one of the bowls thoroughly after washing, before using it for this dish. The second time, I made sure everything was absolutely free of any wahing up liquid residue. The taste was exactly the same as before. The only difference in the ingredients I used on both occasions was to substitute white wine vinegar for the sherry vinegar so that surely wouldn't be the cause. Could it be the garlic that gives this 'soapy' taste?

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Difficulty and servings

Easy

Serves 4 - 6

Preparation and cooking times

Total time

Ready in 20 minutes

Ingredients

FOR THE GARNISH

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229 kcalories, protein 4.4g, carbohydrate 9.6g, fat 19.5 g, saturated fat 2.9g, fibre 3.1g, salt 0.49 g

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