Here is my easy tomato and cucumber gazpacho recipe.
When it's hot, I love to eat this soup cold.
It's really refreshing and it's 100% natural.
That's good, because my best cook friend gave me a very simple recipe to prepare it in a few minutes.
And there is nothing easier:if I can do it, you will too!
Plus, this delicious recipe is quick and really cheap.
Here's how to make your traditional homemade gazpacho in minutes. Watch:
- 5 tomatoes
- 1 red bell pepper
- 1/2 cucumber
- 1 small onion
- 2 cloves of garlic
- 1 sprig of mint (or basil)
- 2 or 3 slices of white bread
- 100 ml well flavored olive oil
- 30 ml sherry vinegar
- 10 g of sugar
- salt and pepper
- 1/2 chilli (optional)
- blender
- bowl
Preparation: 15 mins - Cooking: 0 min - For 4 people
1. Peel the cucumber and the pepper.
2. Remove the seeds from the pepper.
3. Wash the other vegetables.
4. Cut all the vegetables and the onion into large chunks.
5. Finely chop the garlic and mint.
6. In the bowl, crumble the bread.
7. Add oil and vinegar then mix.
8. Pour this paste into the mixer bowl and add the rest of the ingredients.
9. Mix everything very finely.
10. Taste and adjust seasoning if necessary.
11. Place in the fridge for at least 30 minutes.
12. Serve on cold plates.
And There you go ! Your original tomato cucumber gazpacho is already ready :-)
Easy, quick and delicious, right?
And above all very refreshing for the summer.
It is a very easy dish to prepare when you have guests on vacation.
You can decorate it with small dices of cucumbers or peppers to give color.
Or why not with tortillas or parmesan shavings.
In small glass verrines, it's a super chic starter.
This recipe is even easier to prepare with a food processor like the Thermomix.
This raw vegetable soup is very healthy .
As the vegetables are not cooked, they retain all their properties.
And as it is low in calories, this soup will delight those who watch their weight.
Did you know that there are different colors of gazpacho?
- "Gazpacho verde" uses cucumber as the main ingredient. You can also put a zucchini.
- White gazpacho is a soup made from crushed almonds.
But you can also make this cold soup with yellow peppers or beets to vary the color.
For the record, gazpacho was the soup of the poorest Andalusian peasants.
They made a dish that stuck to the body with the ingredients they had, including the breadcrumbs.
