Dinner Tonight: Alice Waters' Gazpacho

Name: Dinner Tonight: Alice Waters' Gazpacho
Prep time: 45 min
Cook time: 45 min
Total time: 45 min
Yield: 6
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 1 dried ancho chile, stemmed and soaked in warm water for 15 minutes; 1 handful each of chopped chervil and basil; 227 grams cherry tomatoes, halved; 473 milliliters crustless crusty bread; 1 cucumber, peeled and diced; 2 cloves garlic, roughly chopped; 59 milliliters olive oil; 1 red onion, diced; 2 Tbsps red wine vinegar; 6 servings salt to taste; 6 servings salt and pepper to taste; 2 kilograms tomatoes, cut in half horizontally

You can never have too many soup recipes, so give Dinner Tonight: Alice Waters' Gazpacho a try. One serving contains 247 calories, 7g of protein, and 11g of fat. This vegan recipe serves 6. It will be a hit at your Summer event. Head to the store and pick up ancho chile, chervil and basil, onion, and a few other things to make it today. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes about 45 minutes.

Instructions

In a mortar and pestle, pound the reconstituted ancho chile into a paste, then scrape out and set aside.

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Ancho Chili Pepper

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Mortar And Pestle

Add the garlic and a pinch of salt to the mortar and pound into a paste. Soak the bread in cold water for 2 minutes, then squeeze out the water and add that to the garlic. Mash it all together until smooth. (Alternatively, you could do it in a food processor).

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Garlic

Bread

Water

Salt

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Food Processor

Mortar And Pestle

Grate the cut sides of the tomatoes on the medium holes of a box grater into a large bowl until only the skins are left; discard the skins. Stir in the bread paste and add the chile puree to taste (this allows you to control the spiciness).

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Tomato

Bread

Chili Pepper

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Box Grater

Bowl

Add 1/4 cup of olive oil and salt to taste, then chill in the refrigerator.

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Olive Oil

Salt

In the meantime, mix together the remaining ingredients to create a relish. Divide the soup among bowls and top each with a generous spoonful of relish.

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Soup