Gazpacho

Vegetarian

From our neighbor, Ilene Landon, this is a gazpacho made in the traditional style—smooth soup with lots of chunky stuff added at the end as garnish for texture.

Ingredients

• 3+ lbs tomatoes
• 1/2 large sweet onion
• 1/2 cucumber
• jalapeno
• chili pepper (or tabasco)
• 1 roasted red pepper
• red wine or sherry vinegar (maybe 1/4 cup)
• worcestershire sauce, or vegetarian alternative (a small amount)
• salt
• tomato juice (maybe 1/4-1/2 cup)
• several sprigs of fresh thyme

Preparation

Chop and combine all ingredients above. Let sit overnight (this is the most important step - all the flavors combine).

Puree. Add more salt/tomato juice/vinegar to taste.

Strain the mixture (result should look like tomato soup). Add a few squeezes of lemon juice to brighten the flavor.

Garnish with any or all of the following:

• Chopped cucumber
• Chopped cilantro
• Chopped avocado
• Corn (sweet corn from the stand is delicious in this!)
• Chopped red onion

Source: Ilene Landon

From: In the Bag: July 20-22, 2004