Friday, 23 January 2015

Gazpacho

INGREDIENTS

  1. Brown bread                                                                                      2-3 slices
  2. Garlic cloves (coarsely chopped)                                                  3-4
  3. Medium tomatoes (quartered)                                                       6
  4. Medium cucumber (seeded and roughly chopped)                   1
  5. Medium green capsicum (roughly chopped)                              1
  6. Salt                                                                                                      to taste
  7. Wine vinegar                                                                                     2 tbsps
  8. Olive oil                                                                                              2 tbsps
Garnish:

  1. Small onion (chopped)                                                                    1
  2. Small green capsicum (chopped)                                                 1
  3. White bread cut into half inch cubes                                            1 slice
Method of preparation

  1. Soak the brown bread in half a cup of water for 5 minutes and squeeze out the excess water. 
  2. Process the bread with the garlic, tomatoes, cucumber and chilled water in a blender. 
  3. Add the capsicum and salt and process again. 
  4. Add the wine vinegar and olive oil and continue to process. 
  5. Strain the soup into a bowl and chill in a refrigerator. 
  6. Garnish with onion, green capsicum and bread cubes. Serve chilled. 

2 comments:

  1. You can use malt vinegar or lemon juice instead of wine vinegar.

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  2. Gazpacho, the famed cold soup from Spain, is also called chunky liquid salad! Have it on a hot summer day. The brown bread is an added idea for increasing the fibre in the soup. Gazpacho is rich in Vitamin C, low in calories and trans-fats and the garlic and olive oil help in reducing cholesterol levels.

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