Secret Recipes

El Nuevo Dia Gazpacho

• 8 tomatoes (peeled, pitted, cut in small pieces)
• 2 green peppers (pitted, cut in very small pieces)
• 1 cucumber (peeled, cut in pieces)
• 2 cloves of garlic (peeled)
• 1 piece of one day-old bread
• water
• quality vinegar
• olive oil (preferably virgin)

Soak the bread in a mixture of water, vinegar, and salt.Mix the first 4 ingredients and the bread with the water mixture in the blender to the consistency of a fine paste. Add a stream of olive oil and taste. There should be a good balance between the vinegar, oil and salt without one overpowering the other. For this reason fix proportions to suit your taste. Blend again and add ice-cold water until you reach the desired consistency.

Suggestions for serving: Serve cold, not frozen; ice cubes are not traditionally used. You may serve it in a glass placed on a bowl with ice (like a cocktail is sometimes served) to keep it very cold. You may serve along on the table: bread croutons, pieces of cucumbers, onions, green peppers, and tomatoes for you and your table companions to add according to taste.

Servings:

4 to 6