It is amazing to me what the lack of humidity does to a "hot" day. I'm visiting the beautiful state of colorado right now and the change from Cleveland's weather is shocking. I honestly forgot how amazing the dry heat is. A 90 degree day literally feels like a 78 degrees with humidity day back in Ohio.
Still, though, a hot day is a hot day, and in my estimation, a hot day needs a cold soup. What better cold soup to make than a realy good Gazpacho? So I looked through my mom's cookbooks and found quite a few that I like. One of them had a Gazpacho recipe that looked worth trying -- so we did, and it was worth it.
Gazpacho
Serves 6
- 4-5 cups cold tomato juice (I just used one of those large cans)
- 1 small onion - minced
- 2 cans diced tomatoes
- 1 green pepper - diced
- 1 cucumber - diced
- 2 scallions - chopped
- 1 clove of garlic - minced
- 2 t lemon juice
- 1 T lime juice
- 2 T wine vinegar
- 1 t tarragon
- 1 t basil
- dash or two of ground cumin
- 1 t honey
- 1/4 c fresh chopped parsley
- 2 T Olive Oil
- salt and pepper to taste
Note: I pureed about 1/3 of the soup to give it a better texture. You can puree it all if you want, too, to save you time.
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