Free Recipe Barb s Best Gazpacho

Recipe Type: S Recipes

Recipe Preparation: chill

Cooking Ingredients for Barb s Best Gazpacho Recipe

2 Garlic cloves; chopped
5 Juicy medium tomatoes
5 Roma tomatoes; ripe
2 md Cucumbers; English, peeled,
-cut in 1-in pieces
1 lg Spanish or red onion
1 lg Green bell pepper; cored,
-seeded and ribbed
1 lg Red bell pepper; cored,
-seeded and deribbed
2 c Tomato juice; or vegetable
-juice cocktail
1/4 c Olive oil; extra virgin
1/4 c Red wine vinegar
1/2 c Vodka or vermouth; OPTIONAL
2 tb Lime juice; fresh
1 tb Worcestershire sauce
2 Glubs Tabasco sauce; or to
-taste
1/4 ts Cayenne pepper; or to taste
1 tb Celery salt; or to taste
Freshly ground pepper
2 Inner ribs celery; very
-finely diced

Barb s Best Gazpacho Preparation

Number of Servings: 6 homemade garlic croutons (optional) Core the 5 medium tomatoes and coarsely chop them. Whiz the garlic in a blender or food processor, add the tomatoes and puree until smooth. Strain the puree into a large non-reactive bowl. Coarsely chop 1 of the cucumbers, 1/2 of the onion, and 1/2 of the green and red bell peppers. Add the chopped vegetables to the processor (if using a blender, add 1/2 cup of the tomato or vegetable juice as well). Process until liquified; strain into the large bowl, pressing down with the back of a spoon to extract all liquid. Add to the bowl the remaining juice, olive oil, red wine vinegar, vodka or vermouth if using, lime juice, worcestershire, Tabasco, cayenne pepper, celery salt and pepper. Stir well. Cover and refrigerate for 4 hours or overnight. Finely dice the Roma tomatoes, remaining 1/2 onion, 1/2 green and red peppers and 1 cucumber. Add the finly diced celery. Reserve, refrigerated in small mixing bowl. To serve, ladle soup into chilled individual bowls. Sprinkle with the chopped vegetables and croutons, if using. by GramWag@aol.com on Feb 7, 1998

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Recipe Serves: 6

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