Summer Gazpacho Recipe

Elena Butuc

This recipe was automatically translated from Romanian. View original here

A very aromatic, tasty and fast soup - it is a traditional Spanish soup, but it does not lose its qualities anyone as well. It is prepared from fresh vegetables, adding some aromatic croutons you will surely have a beautiful and tasty meal.

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Ingredients

Metric US

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Tomatoes

3 pieces

or 4 smaller tomatoes

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Yellow bell peppers

1 piece

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Cucumber

1 piece

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White onion

1 piece

half a large onion or 1 smaller one

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Garlic cloves

4 pieces

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Lemon

0.5 pieces

juice of half a lemon or a little vinegar

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Salt

1 tsp

to taste

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Olive oil

3 tbsp

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Croutons

1 cup

buy or make at home, see below how

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White bread

50 g

about a small quarter of bread, but I would say it is optional

Step by step

The quarter of the bread is soaked in a little water.

All vegetables are cleaned and washed.

Put in a blender all the vegetables cut in half, bread, olive oil, salt.

Squeeze half a lemon and add the juice in a blender.

You can also add vinegar, but I still prefer lemon.

Blend well the whole composition, stop, taste the salt and if you want add more.

Then strain the soup through a sieve, so it will be finer and softer.

It is recommended to leave the soup in the fridge for at least 1 hour, if you have this time - but it is good anyway.

During this time, prepare the croutons - if you don't have them - cut the bread into small cubes, sprinkle with olive oil, salt and a little oregano. Put them in the oven to dry them a little and set them aside until the soup is served.