This recipe is the result of my visits to kitchens in Andalucia, Spain, and eating gazpacho every day for a month.That area
became renowned for gazpacho after its introduction by the Moors long before Columbus discovered America, the home of the tomato and pepper. The ancient soup brought to the Iberian peninsula with the Moorish conquest was originally made of oil, vinegar, onion, garlic, water, bread and perhaps cucumbers.Today it comes in many forms.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Makes 6 to 8 Servings
6 cups peeled and chopped ripe tomatoes or canned plum tomatoes
1 small onion, coarsely chopped
\u00bd cup seeded green Bell Pepper chunks
1 serrano, seeded
\u00bd cup cucumber chunks
4\u20135 fresh basil leaves
\u00bd cup stale French bread crumbs, or similar type of bread
2 cups tomato juice
1 garlic clove, peeled and minced freshly ground black pepper
\u00bc cup olive oil,\u2018Extra Virgin\u2019
\u00bc cup white wine vinegar<\/p>\n\n\n\n
For the Garnish<\/strong> In a blender, pur\u00e9e tomatoes, onion, peppers, cucumbers, basil, and bread crumbs.Add tomato juice, garlic, and pepper. Stir in oil and vinegar. Cover and chill. Serve this smooth, creamy soup in chilled bowls. Pass side dishes of chopped onion, Bell Pepper, cucumber, and tomato separately. Garnish with croutons.<\/p>\n\n\n\n NOTE: In Andalucia the soup is served icy cold in bowls that have been chilled until frosty as we do beer mugs.The crisp vegetable bits are passed and each diner selects those to add to his bowl.<\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" This recipe is the result of my visits to kitchens in Andalucia, Spain, and eating gazpacho every day for a month.That areabecame renowned for gazpacho after its introduction by the Moors long before Columbus discovered America, the home of the tomato and pepper. The ancient soup brought to the Iberian peninsula with the Moorish conquest … <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[174],"tags":[179,176],"class_list":["post-611","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-spicy-food","tag-soups","tag-spicy"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cursearch.atspace.cc\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/611","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cursearch.atspace.cc\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cursearch.atspace.cc\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cursearch.atspace.cc\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cursearch.atspace.cc\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=611"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/cursearch.atspace.cc\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/611\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":666,"href":"https:\/\/cursearch.atspace.cc\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/611\/revisions\/666"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cursearch.atspace.cc\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=611"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cursearch.atspace.cc\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=611"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cursearch.atspace.cc\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=611"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\u00bd cup finely chopped onion
\u00bd cup finely chopped ripe tomato
\u00bd cup finely chopped cucumber
\u00bd cup finely chopped and seeded green Bell Pepper
Garlic croutons<\/p>\n\n\n\n