My Favourite Gazpacho Soup

czwartek, 13 lutego 2014

My Favourite Gazpacho Soup

Time: 15 mins

Ingredients

  • 2 large tomatoes
  • 1 large green bell pepper
  • 1 garlic clove
  • 1/2 cup mixed herbs (i used chives, parsley, dill, basil, thyme, tarragon)
  • 1/2 cup extra virgin olive oil
  • 1 lemon, juice of
  • 3 cups beef stock or 3 cups consomme
  • 1 sweet onions or 1 Spanish onion, chopped
  • 1 cucumber (English-style is best)
  • 1/2-1 teaspoon paprika
  • additional parsley, as garnish (optional)
  • croutons or breadcrumbs, as garnish

Directions

  • 1 Quarter tomatoes and place in a blender or food processor.
  • 2 Add chopped green pepper, coarsely chopped herbs, and pressed garlic.
  • 3 Blend till smooth or a consistency you prefer.
  • 4 Place in a serving bowl.
  • 5 Gradually add 1/2 cup olive oil, the juice of 1 lemon, and 3 cups of chilled beef stock to the tomato mixture while stirring.
  • 6 Substitute vegetable stock for a vegetarian version.
  • 7 Blend the onion and 1/2 of the cucumber and add to the tomato mixture.
  • 8 Add the paprika and grate the remaining cucumber into the soup. Add salt if you like or allow people to add salt at the table.
  • 9 Place 2 ice cubes in each bowl and garnish with parsley.
  • 10 Enjoy.
  • 11 I like to serve this with a nice foccacia bread on the side, but it needs nothing else.

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