Tropical Gazpacho Fruit Soup Puerto Rico Recipes

TROPICAL GAZPACHO

Steps:

• Working in batches, place mangoes, cucumbers, buttermilk, lime juice, and vinegar in a blender; puree until smooth. Season with salt and, if using, hot sauce. Refrigerate until chilled, about 1 hour. Serve gazpacho with lime wedges and basil, if desired.

PUERTO RICAN GAZPACHO SALAD

Steps:

• Bring a saucepan of water to a boil. Cook codfish in boiling water to reduce saltiness to your taste, 10 to 25 minutes; drain. Let codfish cool completely.
• Mix avocado, tomato, and onion together in a bowl. Break cooled codfish into small pieces, discarding any bones, and add to the avocado mixture; stir gently. Drizzle olive oil over the mixture; add whine vinegar and stir gently. Season salad with black pepper; stir. Cover bowl with plastic wrap.
• Cover bowl with plastic wrap. Refrigerate salad at least 45 minutes.

PUERTO RICAN SANCOCHO

Steps:

• Heat olive oil in a large pot over medium-low heat; add onion, garlic, cilantro, white pepper, oregano, and salt. Cook and stir until onion is browned and very tender, about 20 minutes. Add stew meat; cook and stir until meat is browned on all sides, 5 to 7 minutes.
• Pour enough water over meat mixture to fill pot 3/4 full; add tomato sauce and beef bouillon.
• Mix green beans, carrots, celery, chayote squash, white beans, cabbage, green banana, yellow plantain, llautias, potatoes, pumpkin, corn, and green bell pepper (in this order), cooking and stirring after each addition. Cook until all the vegetables are tender and stew has formed a rich broth, 2 to 3 hours. Add more water or salt if needed.

LIGHT AND FRESH MEXICAN GAZPACHO

Steps:

• Combine celery, red and yellow bell peppers, cucumbers, avocados, cilantro, green onions, red onion, tomato-vegetable juice cocktail, tomato and claim juice cocktail, hot pepper sauce, red wine vinegar, lemon juice, garlic, and garlic powder in a large nonreactive bowl. Season with salt and black pepper. Refrigerate at least 6 hours to blend flavors.

TROPICAL GAZPACHO FRUIT SOUP (PUERTO RICO)

Steps:

• Puree raspberries in a blender or food processor, then pass the puree through a sieve to remove the seeds.
• In a non-reactive bowl, combine raspberry puree with sparkling water & sugar, then add lemon juice, papaya, mango, kiwi & pineapple.
• Refrigerate 1 hour before serving, garnished with the ginger.

ANISE TEA (SHAI MA YANSOON)

Steps:

• Combine ingredients into a teapot and bring to a boil.
• Once boiling point is achieved, let boil for 5 minutes.
• Pour into your favorite tea cup and enjoy!

PASTELES

Steps:

• add oil in a large skillet over medium heat. Add the annatto seeds and heat for one minute to release their orange color.
• Remove from heat and drain the oil into a separate container.
• Discard the seeds and return half of the oil to the skillet.
• Return the oil to medium-high heat and add the pork and bacon. Brown for about 5 minutes, stirring occasionally.
• Add the garlic, onion, bell pepper, small green peppers, tomatoes, culantro, and oregano, and sauté for another 5 minutes.
• Stir in the chickpeas and olives (with their respective liquids), capers, and raisins.
• Cover and simmer over low-medium heat for 40 minutes. When done, uncover and allow to cool.
• Drain the broth into a separate container and set aside.
• Make the dough by peeling the plantains and the bananas, first cutting off the ends and running a knife tip lengthwise along one or more of the ridges.
• Insert and run a thumb just beneath the cut peel to lift and remove it. Peel the yautia.
• Place plantains, bananas, and yautia into a large bowl of salted cold water to prevent discoloring.
• You can grate them using the fine side of a hand grater, or instead, cut into 1/2- to 1-inch pieces for the processor.
• Fill 1/3 to 1/2 of the food processor or blender container with the cut vegetables, slowly adding broth to form a smooth, porridgelike mash. It should not be runny.
• Transfer the purée to a large bowl. If you run out of broth, substitute water as needed.
• Stir in the salt and the remaining annatto oil.
• Place a banana leaf on a sheet of parchment paper.
• Drop a scant 1/2 cup of the dough onto the center of the leaf and spread it several inches all around with the back of a spoon.
• Drop 2 tablespoons of the filling a bit off center. Fold each long side and then the ends toward the center.
• Slide the encased leaf toward the long edge of the parchment and wrap again.
• Fold end flaps over.
• Tie two pasteles together, with folded edges facing each other.
• To cook, put a batch (4 to 6 tied bundles) into a large kettle of salted boiling water and cook semicovered at medium-high heat for 30 minutes.
• Turn the bundles over and cook 40 minutes more.
• When done, drain them well, remove the strings and wrappings, and serve hot.

FRUIT GAZPACHO

Steps:

• Combine tomatoe puree, orange juice, sugar, orange and lime zests, cantaloupe, honeydew and mango in a large bowl. Process half the mixture in a food processor fitted with a steel blade or a blender until smooth. Stir the pureed fruits into the remaining fruit mixture.
• Stir in apple, blueberries and grapes. Refrigerate covered for several hours.
• Ladle soup into bowls. Garnish each serving with strawberry halves and kiwi slices.

GREEN PLANTAIN SOUP-PUERTO RICO

Steps:

• Peel the plantains and cut into 1/2 inch slices.
• Soak in cold salted water for 20 minutes.
• Dry and pat dry with paper towels.
• Heat the oil in a heavy frying pan and saute the plantain slices until they are tender (about 15 minutes).
• Remove and drain on paper towels.
• Crush in a mortar so they break into bits.
• Heat the beef stock in a saucepan and add the plantain chips.
• Simmer for 15 minutes.
• Sprinkle with cheese and serve.

FIRE ROASTED GAZPACHO WITH TROPICAL TWIST

Steps:

• In blender, place Gazpacho ingredients. Cover; blend on high speed until smooth.
• In small food processor, place Cucumber Mint Salsa ingredients. Cover; process until finely chopped. Drain if necessary.
• Pour gazpacho into 6 small serving glasses. Top each with about a tablespoon each of salsa and pineapple.

SPICY TROPICAL GAZPACHO

Steps:

• Combine all the ingredients in a food processor or blender, and pulse 4 times or until combined.
• Cover and chill.