Gazpacho (Spain)
By Txell Genesca (mgenescaferrer@ucdavis.edu; 2009)
Ingredients for 6 persons:
• 200g of dry bread (1-2 slices)
• 400 g de tomatoes (~5)
• 1 or 2 pieces of garlic (depends on how much you
like it).
• 5 spoon olive oil.
• 2 spoon red vinegar.
• 1/2 red pepper 1/2 green pepper.
• 1 cucumber
• 1 onion
Instructions:
Put the bread in a bowl with a bit of water (half a glass?) and the
oil and salt leave it there for a while (so it will suck the
water...).
Take a recipient and add the garlic minced. Add the cucumber cut into
pieces, pepper (without the seeds that are inside), onion and tomatoes
…all in s pieces (put the tomatoes in boiling water so you can peel
the, easily).
Beat all these (hand mixer best, or blender) and add the bread, the
vinegar and more salt. Add more cold water depending on the texture and
more salt, vinegar or oil if necessary (at your taste)...Is always good
to let it sit for some hours and then taste it again and fix it if
necessary later on rather than immediately after.
Keep it in the fridge (is better fresh) and you can serve it
accompanied with some small pieces of the vegetables that are in the
gazpacho so people can put some in their bowls...and also with some
croutons.
BUEN PROVECHO!!!
txell
