Crunchy Garden Gazpacho Recipes

GARDEN GAZPACHO

Steps:

• Place cucumber in a food processor; pulse 5 to 6 times to chop into very small pieces. Transfer to a large bowl. Repeat with red bell peppers, red onion, and celery, pulsing each into very small pieces in the food processor and transferring to the bowl.
• Combine plum tomatoes and garlic in the food processor; pulse until finely diced. Pour over cucumber mixture in the bowl.
• Pour tomato juice, white wine vinegar, and olive oil over tomato and cucumber mixture in the bowl. Add sea salt, black pepper, basil, parsley, and red pepper flakes; stir well.
• Chill until flavors combine and deepen, about 2 hours.

CHUNKY GAZPACHO

Steps:

• Combine the tomato juice, tomatoes, cucumbers, scallions, red pepper, jicama, and tomatillos in a large bowl. Remove about 1/4 of the vegetables and place in a blender along with the garlic, lime juice, olive oil, jalepenos, and bread. Blend until smooth. Return the puree to the bowl. Add more tomato juice to thin, if needed. Add the salt, pepper, and a dash of Tabasco. Chill for at least 2 hours. Serve the gazpacho in chilled soup bowls.

CRUNCHY GARDEN GAZPACHO

Steps:

• In food processor combine 1/2 carrots, 1/2 cucumber, garlic, parsley, vinegar, olive oil, & hot sauce.
• Puree until smooth.
• ou may need to add some of the tomato juice depending on the consistency.
• Combine all remaining ingredients (except tomato juice) with the puree mixture in a very large bowl.
• Add tomato juice to your desired consistency.
• Chill for 30 minutes to combine flavors.
• Adjust seasoning to taste.
• Can be served at room temperature or cold.

GAZPACHO

Steps:

• Roughly chop the cucumbers, bell peppers, tomatoes, and red onions into 1-inch cubes. Put each vegetable separately into a food processor fitted with a steel blade and pulse until it is coarsely chopped. Do not overprocess!
• After each vegetable is processed, combine them in a large bowl and add the garlic, tomato juice, vinegar, olive oil, salt, and pepper. Mix well and chill before serving. The longer gazpacho sits, the more the flavors develop.

CREAMY TOMATO GAZPACHO WITH CRUNCHY PECORINO

Steps:

• Heat a large nonstick skillet over medium heat. Spread 2 tablespoons cheese into a thin layer in skillet; let melt and brown on bottom, about 30 seconds to one minute. Use a spatula to flip cheese; let cook until evenly browned on both sides, about a minute more. Transfer fried cheese to a paper-towel-lined plate. Repeat with remaining cheese, working 2 tablespoons at a time. Break fried cheese into large pieces.
• To make soup, place tomatoes, yogurt, olive oil, basil, garlic, scallions, ice cubes, salt, vinegar, cayenne and black pepper in a blender. Purée until smooth. Taste and add more salt and vinegar, if necessary. Pour into small bowls and garnish with pieces of fried cheese and chopped basil. Drizzle soup liberally with olive oil.

GARDEN-FRESH GAZPACHO

Steps:

• In a large bowl, combine the first 14 ingredients. Cover and refrigerate for several hours or overnight. Garnish each serving with croutons.

QUICK & EASY GAZPACHO

Steps:

• In a large bowl, combine the Clamato juice, tomatoes, green pepper, cucumber, celery, onion, oil, vinegar, parsley, chives, garlic, pepper, Worcestershire sauce and salt. Cover and refrigerate for at least 4 hours. Serve with croutons if desired.

GAZPACHO

Steps:

• Cut cucumber in half lengthwise and cut each half lengthwise into 3 spears. Cut spears crosswise into 1/4-inch-thick pieces and transfer to a large bowl. Peel j‭cama and cut enough into 1/4-inch dice to measure 1 cup. Cut bell pepper and celery into 1/4-inch dice and add with diced j‭cama to cucumber. Mince garlic and toss with cucumber mixture. Stir in remaining ingredients and season soup with salt and pepper.
• In a blender purée half of soup until smooth and return to bowl, stirring to combine. Chill soup, covered, until cold, at least 1 hour, and up to 2 days. Season soup and serve garnished with chives.