Spanish · Soup

Gazpacho

Ripe tomatoes and crisp vegetables blend into a smooth, cold soup with sherry vinegar and olive oil. A little bread provides body, while chilling gives the flavors time to settle together.

VeganEasy4 chilled soup bowls
Gazpacho serving inspiration

Serving inspiration; this recipe’s finish may vary. Photo: Bocadorada · CC BY-SA 2.0. Resized and converted to WebP; display may crop to fit.

Ingredients

Original recipe: 4 chilled soup bowls. Ingredient amounts scale below; the method is written for 4 servings. For larger amounts, use separate batches and check doneness.

  • 900 gRipe tomatoes roughly chopped
  • 200 gPeeled cucumber chopped
  • 100 gGreen bell pepper chopped
  • 1 cloveGarlic
  • 60 gStale wheat bread made without milk or eggs
  • 150 mlCold water
  • 45 mlOlive oil
  • 25 mlSherry vinegar
  • ¾ tspSalt
  • ¼ tspBlack pepper

Make it

  1. Soak the torn bread in the measured cold water for 5 minutes. Wash and chop the tomatoes, cucumber and pepper.
  2. Put the vegetables, garlic, soaked bread and its water in a blender. Blend until very smooth, working in batches if necessary.
  3. Add the vinegar, salt and pepper. With the blender running, pour in the olive oil gradually until the soup looks creamy.
  4. Transfer to a covered jug and refrigerate for at least 1 hour. Stir well before dividing between four bowls.
Ingredients, recipe context & sources

Ingredient flags: Wheat. Check packaged ingredients and cross-contact.

This is an original Livura home-cooking interpretation, not yet independently kitchen-tested. Source links provide dish and cultural context; the recipe wording and quantities are Livura’s.

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