Nothing is better to smooth our appetite on a hot summer day than a delicious cold gazpacho. Raw pureed vegetables brought together under the Spanish sun.
As I lately have a little time, I had been surfing on the web a few days ago. In need of new, challenging tips, inspirational dishes that We have never tasted before, to astonish my loved ones with. Looking for quite some time yet couldn’t find any interesting stuff. Right before I wanted to give up on it, I found this yummy and simple treat by accident on Suncakemom. It seemed so delightful on its image, it called for instant actions.
It absolutely was not so difficult to imagine just how it is created, how it tastes and just how much my husband will enjoy it. Actually, it is quite simple to please the guy in terms of desserts. Yes, I am a blessed one. Or perhaps he is.Anyways, I went to the page and simply followed the step-by-step instuctions which were coupled with nice pictures of the procedure. It just makes life less difficult. I could imagine that it is a slight hassle to take snap shots down the middle of cooking in the kitchen as you will often have gross hands and so i highly appreciate the hard work she put in to make this post .
With that said I am inspired presenting my very own recipes in a similar fashion. Appreciate your the thought.
I had been tweaking the main recipe create it for the taste of my loved ones. I have to tell you that it was a great success. They loved the taste, the overall look and loved getting a sweet like this during a hectic week. They basically requested even more, more and more. Hence the next occasion I am not going to commit the same mistake. I’m gonna double the amount .
The Gazpacho Recipe is from SunCakeMom
Wash all the vegetables and get everything ready to go.
Cut the vegetables up into pieces to make the blending process easier.
Optionally peel the tomatoes either by hand or blanching. Removing the peel will reduce the overall acidity of the finished dish.
Pure the tomatoes with a blender then add the rest of the vegetables and salt.
Blend the vegetables with the tomato.
If desired add some sort of bread and pure that as well. This step is totally optional. The bread is meant to thicken the sauce thus if we skip adding the bread we may skip adding water to the mixture.
Don’t forget to add the olive oil, vinegar and if we use bread then the water as well.
Traditionally the gazpacho should be pressed through some sort of sieve to get rid of the seeds but if we are short on time or just don’t want to suffer it through then skip this step.
The finished gazpacho should be kept in a cool place uncovered for a day allowing some of the liquid to evaporate and the flavors to come together but lacking that sort of place the fridge would do just as well.
Serve it cooled down to fridge temperature and try to avoid serving it with ice cubes for Spanish people. ;D