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Gazpacho - Cold Spanish Tomato Soup
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Gazpacho - Cold Spanish Tomato Soup

Gazpacho – a cold, creamy Spanish vegetable soup, perfect for summer days

⏱ 50 min🍽 4 servings 🌍 Mediterranean👩‍🍳 Afoona

👨‍🍳 Method

  1. 1
    Blanch the tomatoes 30 seconds in boiling water and peel.
    StovePotKnife
  2. 2
    Coarsely chop the tomatoes, red pepper, cucumbers and onion.
    KnifeCutting board
  3. 3
    Put the tomatoes, red pepper, cucumbers, garlic and onion for the blender, add some of the olive oil and the vinegar, salt and black pepper and the water and blend, until the soup is smooth.
    BowlBlender
  4. 4
    Strain the blended soup through a fine sieve, straight into a bowl.
    Fine sieveBowl
  5. 5
    Cover the bowl and keep in the fridge for at least 2 hours, until the soup is very cold.
    Refrigerator
  6. 6
    Ladle into bowls, drizzle the rest of the olive oil on top and serve cold.
    Ladle
166calories
3 gprotein
12 gcarbs
11 gfat
● protein 8%● carbs 30%● fat 62%

Per serving (388 g), of 4 servings

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⚖ About the ingredients

🔧 Tools needed (9) · 🍳 One cooking vessel

  • Blender · 💡 Workaround, changes the dish: Stick blender (Less smooth, mainly for liquids) · Food processor (Less smooth with liquids)
  • Refrigerator · Also works: Freezer (Chills faster; don't let it freeze) · Ice bath (Ice bath)
  • Stove · 💡 Workaround, changes the dish: Portable hot plate (one weaker burner) · Camping gas stove (One burner, outdoors) · Electric pressure cooker (multicooker) (One pot, no real shallow frying)
  • Pot · Also works: Deep skillet (sauté pan) (less liquid, faster evaporation) · 💡 Workaround, changes the dish: Wok (For quick cooking)
  • Cutting board · Also works: Plate (Large plate, dulls the knife)
  • Knife · Also works: Food processor (Fast, less control over size) · Kitchen shears (For herbs/dough)
  • Bowl · Also works: Pot (None)
  • Fine sieve · Also works: Cheesecloth (Cheesecloth over a sieve) · 💡 Workaround, changes the dish: Colander (Lets more through)
  • Ladle · Also works: Measuring cup (Cup) · Spoon / teaspoon (regular) (Slow)

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