Gazpacho Mousse Recipes

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.

GAZPACHO MOUSSE

Steps:

• Put the bread crumbs, garlic and oil into the container of a food processor or electric blender. Blend thoroughly.
• Add one-half cup of diced tomatoes, one-half cup diced cucumber, the vinegar, chopped scallion, diced red pepper, the tomato juice, sugar and half the basil and blend as smoothly as possible. Scrape the liquid into a mixing bowl and add the remaining tomatoes, cucumber, onion, red pepper and basil. Blend well.
• Pour about one-fourth cup of the sauce into a saucepan and add the gelatin. Cook, stirring, over very low heat until the gelatin dissolves. Combine the gazpacho with the gelatin mixture and blend well.
• Let cool but do not allow the mixture to set.
• Beat the egg whites until they stand in soft peaks. Scrape them into the gazpacho mixture and blend well with a whisk.
• Lightly oil the inside of four individual half-cup souffle dishes, ramekins or other molds. Spoon or ladle equal portions of the gazpacho mixture into each mold. Cover with plastic wrap and refrigerate overnight. To serve, run a knife around the inside of each mold. Sit the molds briefly in a basin of warm water. Wipe off the bottom of the molds, and invert each on a plate.

SMOOTH WHITE GRAPE GAZPACHO

Steps:

• Put the soy milk and almonds in the jar of a blender and puree until very smooth, about 2 to 3 minutes. With the motor running, slowly add the grapes, scallions and lime juice; season with salt and pepper and puree until well blended.
• To serve, pour into a small bowls and garnish with chopped or sliced grapes and sliced scallions.
• Note: Gazpacho can be served immediately but is even better if refrigerated until very cold. Stir well before serving.

BEST GAZPACHO

Steps:

• Prepare a bowl with ice water.
• Bring a large pot of water to a boil over high heat. Cut crosses into the bottom of the tomatoes with a sharp knife, and blanch tomatoes in the boiling water for 1 to 2 minutes until the skin begins to come off. Remove tomatoes with a slotted spoon and immediately immerse in the ice water.
• Remove skin from the tomatoes and cut out the seeds over a bowl (so that no juice is lost); discard the seeds.
• If the cucumber is organic, leave the peel on; otherwise peel it. Remove seeds of cucumber and roughly chop.
• Combine tomatoes, cucumber, onion, garlic, and red wine vinegar in a food processor or blender; blend until gazpacho has desired consistency, either coarsely chopped or finely pureed. Slowly add olive oil and season with salt and pepper. Puree again briefly.
• Refrigerate gazpacho until cold, at least 1 hour. Remove from the fridge at least 30 minutes before serving.

REFRESHING GAZPACHO

Steps:

• In a large bowl, combine the first 16 ingredients. Cover and refrigerate for at least 4 hours. Serve with avocados.

TUNA AND SALMON PATCHWORK WITH A GAZPACHO MOUSSE

Steps:

• Combine the oil and chilies and let stand at least 24 hours.
• When ready to prepare this dish, place four round cookie-cutter molds, each about one-and-one-half inches in diameter and one-and-one-half inches in height, on a flat surface with the sharp edges up.
• Cut enough of the salmon into small cubes to make four tablespoons. Cut enough of the tuna into small cubes to make four tablespoons. Place the cubes in a small bowl and add the lime juice, sour cream and salt and pepper to taste. Blend well and set aside.
• Cut the remaining salmon on the bias into very thin slices. Arrange one slice at a time over the upper edges of one mold covering the inside bottom of the mold and slightly overlapping at the top. Let the slices hang over the edges. Use only enough slices to line the mold. Line the other three.
• Spoon one-quarter teaspoon of the caviar inside each of the salmon-lined molds. Spoon equal portions of the cubed fish mixture on top of the caviar. Fold over the overhanging bits of the salmon slices to enclose the filling and cover the top of each mold neatly. Unmold each serving on large, white dinner plates.
• Cut the remaining salmon and tuna into very thin slices. Arrange equal portions of the tuna and salmon slices, edges slightly overlapping, in a neat pattern in the center of the plate.
• Unmold one portion of gazpacho mousse onto each plate, opposite the filled salmon molds.
• Put the mustard and vinegar in a small mixing bowl and start beating with a wire whisk. Remove the hot chilies from the oil and beat the oil into the sauce. Add salt, pepper, cucumber, sweet red pepper and scallion. Blend well. Spoon equal portions of the sauce over the salmon and tuna slices. Garnish each serving with salad leaves.

SMOKY TOMATO GAZPACHO

Steps:

• Blitz the bread in a small food processor until you have large breadcrumbs. Drizzle the olive oil into a frying pan over a high heat, add the breadcrumbs along with the oregano and fry for 4-5 mins until golden brown. Transfer to a plate and set aside to cool.
• Meanwhile put 300ml water, the garlic, most of the basil, red peppers, tomatoes, sugar, vinegar and chipotle paste in a jug blender. Blitz on a low speed and slowly increase the speed to maximum until you have a smooth gazpacho. Season and chill until ready to serve.
• Ladle into bowls, sprinkle over the breadcrumbs and scatter over the reserved basil leaves to serve.

GAZPACHO

Steps:

• In a blender or food processor, combine tomato juice, onion, bell pepper, cucumber, tomatoes, green onions, garlic, lemon juice, red wine vinegar, tarragon, basil, parsley, sugar, salt, and pepper. Blend until well-combined but still slightly chunky. Chill at least 2 hours before serving.