Basic Red Gazpacho

Name: Basic Red Gazpacho
Yield: 12
Cuisine: Fusion
Ingredients: tomatoes; sweet red bell peppers; cucumbers; bread; water; garlic; sherry; olive oil; salt; black pepper; croutons

Submitted by vickiess

Basic Red Gazpacho recipe

YIELD

12 servings

PREP

25 min

COOK

0 min

READY

25 min

Ingredients

POUNDS TOMATOES
ripe, roughly chopped

EACH SWEET RED BELL PEPPERS
or yellow, seeded, stemmed, and roughly chopped (DO NOT use green)

EACH CUCUMBERS
pickling (kirby), and roughly , chopped

SLICES BREAD
white, stale, crusts removed

CUPS WATER
cold

CLOVE GARLIC
large, peeled

CUP SHERRY
or good wine vinegar, (or to taste) *

CUP OLIVE OIL

X SALT *

X BLACK PEPPER
freshly ground, to taste *

X CROUTONS
garlic flavoured, if desired *

Directions

Mince a bit of the tomato, pepper, and cucumber for garnish, and set aside.

Soak bread in a cup of the water for 5 minutes, then squeeze out excess water.

Place bread in a blender or food processor with the remaining tomato, pepper, cucumber and water, garlic and vinegar; process until smooth, then add olive oil slowly with machine running.

Season to taste with salt and pepper and refrigerate until ready to serve.

Before serving, check seasoning again, and garnish with reserved tomato, pepper, cucumber, and garlic croutons.

* not incl. in nutrient facts

Comments

Nutrition Facts

293g

Amount per Serving

Calories 257 67% of calories from fat

% Daily Value *

Total Fat 19g 29%

Saturated Fat 3g 13%

Trans Fat 0g

Cholesterol 0mg 0%

Sodium 137mg 6%

Total Carbohydrate 7g 7%

Dietary Fiber 4g 16%

Sugars g

Protein 8g

Vitamin A 51% • Vitamin C 94%

Calcium 7% • Iron 9%