Ingredients for 6 servings

  • Gazpacho is a cold soup that is very refreshing on a hot summer day. It comes from Spain.
  • The name gazpacho comes from the Arabic for soaked bread and was used to be served in a clay bowl.
  • There are almost as many recipe as Spanish provinces.
  • In the past Spanish muleteers were used to bring with them a clay bowl, few tomatoes and one or two cucumbers, some dry garlic, a flask of olive oil and a rusk. When hungry, they stopped on the side of the road and mashed the lot and pour a good dash of olive oil on it. The rest is quite peculiar : when they had finished preparing the recipe, they wrapped the bowl in a wet piece of cloth and placed it in the sun. When the cloth was dry the gazpacho was ready.
  • There is my recipe for gazpacho, it will probably bring on some controversy, but it was approved by a good friend of mine and great Spanish Chef Sergio del Eygrestome, so...
Gazpacho recipe for 6 people :
  • 1 kg ripe tomatoes, peeled and seeded
  • 1 Spanish onion, finely chopped
  • 1 red pepper and green pepper finely diced
  • 1 cucumber, peeled, cored and finely diced
  • 3 cloves garlic, cored and crushed
  • 10 cl Spanish olive oil
salt and ground cayenne pepper
  • 100 g bread crumb