Homemade Tomato Gazpacho recipe
Ingredients
- 1 cucumber (without skin)
- 1 kg ripe tomatoes (without skin)
- 1 small sweet bell pepper, stemmed and deseeded
- 1/4 peeled red onion
- 2 garlic cloves degermed
- 3 tablespoons sherry vinegar or red wine vinegar
- extra virgin olive oil
- 1/4 teaspoon sea salt
- 1/4 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper
FOR TOPPING (OPTIONAL)
- chopped fresh herbs (coriander, chives, flat parsley...)
- cherry tomatoes
- cucumber slices
- toasted pine nuts
- croutons
Instructions
- Peel the cucumber, cut it into pieces and blend it in a blender (you can take some slices for garnish).Add tomatoes (without skin), bell pepper (also without skin), peeled and chopped onion, garlic, vinegar, olive oil, salt and pepper. Blend until smooth.
- Season to taste and refrigerate for at least 2 hours.
- Then serve the gazpacho garnished with, for example, cucumber slices, chopped fresh herbs, a drizzle of olive oil, pine nuts, chopped cherry tomatoes or croutons, and freshly ground black pepper.