Basic Red Gazpacho Recipe

• 3 lb Ripe tomatoes, roughly minced
• 1 x Red or possibly yellow bell pepper, seeded, stemmed, and roughly minced. Don't USE GREEN BELL PEPPER!
• 2 x Pickling (Kirby) cucumbers, peeled and roughly minced
• 4 slc good stale white bread, crusts removed
• 6 c. Cool water
• 1 lrg Or possibly 2 sm cloves garlic, peeled
• 1/4 c. Sherry or possibly good wine vinegar, or possibly to taste
• 1/2 c. Extra virgin olive oil Salt and freshly grnd black pepper to taste Garlic croutons, if you like for garnish

1. Mince a bit of the tomato, pepper, and cucumber for garnish, and set aside.
2. Soak bread in a c. of the water for 5 min, then squeeze out excess water.
3. Place bread in a blender or possibly food processor with the remaining tomato, pepper, cucumber and water, garlic and vinegar; process till smooth, then add in extra virgin olive oil slowly with machine running.
4. Season to taste with salt and pepper and chill till ready to serve.
5. Before serving, check seasoning again, and garnish with reserved tomato, pepper, cucumber, and garlic croutons.

tomatoes, red, cucumbers, white bread, water, garlic, sherry, extra virgin olive oil salt

Taken from cookeatshare.com/recipes/basic-red-gazpacho-79757 (may not work)