I must tell you I was resistant for years, to the idea of a cold soup. But as I refuse to give in to my limits and dogmas, I tried gazpacho and instantly fell in love. Its just a perfect balance of acidity, sweetness and freshness that blows our minds away
Ingredients
- 1kg peeled ripe tomatoes
- 2 cloves of garlic
- 30g sliced green pepper
- 25g sliced red pepper
- 50g chopped onions
- 70g cucumber, peeled and sliced
- 40ml red wine vinegar,
- Salt and black pepper to taste
- 50ml extra virgin olive oil
- 1tsp smoked paprika
- 10 ice cubes
- 300ml water
Directions
- Put all of the ingredients, apart from the water and ice cubes, into the bowl of a good blender or a thermomix. Blend at medium speed for 45 secs (blender) or 30 seconds on Speed 5 (thermomix)
- Blend for another 3 minutes at high speed (blender) or Speed 10 (thermomix)
- Add water and ice to taste and blend until very well mixed (speed 8 for 1 minute on the thermomix)
Durante anos resisti à ideia de uma sopa fria. Mas como nunca fui pessoa de me acomodar e ceder a dogmas decidi experimentar, e só me pergunto: porque não antes mô pai porquê?? Esta delicia transforma qualquer dia quente numa sinfonia de sabores. Tente, só tente
Ingredientes
- 1kg de tomates maduros descascados
- 2 dentes de alho
- 30 g de pimentão verde fatiado
- 25g de pimentão vermelho fatiado
- 50 g de cebolas picadas
- 70g de pepino, descascado e fatiado
- 40ml de vinagre de vinho tinto
- Sal e pimenta preta a gosto
- 50ml de azeite extra virgem
- 1 cchá de paprika defumada
- 10 cubos de gelo
- 300 ml de água
[…] Mozambique, usually I reserve them for cooler days, apart, of course from my gazpacho (find it here https://heelsandspices.com/2018/02/gazpacho/) or my zucchini and cucumber (https://heelsandspices.com/2017/04/cucumber-and-zucchini-soup) soups […]