Basic Red Gazpacho
3 lb Ripe tomatoes, roughly -chopped 1 Red or yellow bell pepper, -seeded, stemmed, and -roughly chopped. DO NOT USE -GREEN BELL PEPPER! 2 Pickling (Kirby) cucumbers, -peeled and r...
Ingredients
- 3lbripe tomatoes, roughly
- 1large or 2 sm cloves garlic,
Directions
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3 lb Ripe tomatoes, roughly -chopped 1 Red or yellow bell pepper, -seeded, stemmed, and -roughly chopped
- 2
DO NOT USE -GREEN BELL PEPPER! 2 Pickling (Kirby) cucumbers, -peeled and roughly chopped 4 Slices good stale white -bread, crusts removed 6
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Soak bread in a cup of the water for 5 minutes, then squeeze out excess water
- 4
Place bread in a blender or food processor with the remaining tomato, pepper, cucumber and water, garlic and vinegar
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process until smooth, then add olive oil slowly with machine running
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Season to taste with salt and pepper and refrigerate until ready to serve
- 7
Before serving, check seasoning again, and garnish with reserved tomato, pepper, cucumber, and garlic croutons.
