Gazpacho

• These quantities are very approximate! I just throw stuff in depending on what I have on hand.
• Enough good tomatoes to make at least 4 cups of chopped tomatoes. GOOD tomatoes. If you can't get good big tomatoes, use grape, cherry, pear, campari, or other smaller, sweeter tomatoes.
• 3 English (hothouse) cucumbers, diced. I leave the skins on and the seeds in. Or substitute Armenian cucumbers, peeled and diced, if you can get them. If you can't get English or Armenian cucumbers, use pickling cucumbers, peeled and diced.
• 3 bell peppers, diced. At least one should be green or purple, but the other two can be red, yellow, or orange.
• 1 red onion, diced
• 1 Vidalia or other sweet onion, diced
• 4-6 cloves of garlic, minced or pressed
• 1 slice of dried-out whole-grain or other dense, light-colored bread
• 1/4 cup good extra virgin olive oil
• 1/4 cup red wine vinegar
• juice of 1 or 2 lemons
• 1 tsp. dried red pepper flakes
• sea salt and fresh cracked black pepper to taste
• sour cream or plain yogurt
• fresh croutons, if you want
• chopped or chiffonade of fresh herbs (basil, oregano, mint, thyme, parsley, or cilantro) as a garnish, if you want

1. Combine all the fresh chopped vegetables in a large bowl.
2. Tear the bread into smaller pieces and put into a blender. Add 1 cup of the vegetables on top of the bread and blend.
3. Add 2 more cups of fresh vegetables into the blender, and then add the vinegar, olive oil, red pepper, lemon juice, and some salt and pepper. Blend until smooth.
4. Add the blended mixture back into the fresh vegetables and stir together. Refrigerate until the mixture has had time to marinade.
5. Test mixture and adjust salt, pepper, oil, vinegar, and lemon juice, to taste.
6. Serve chilled, topped with a dollop of sour cream or plain yogurt, croutons, and chopped herbs, to taste.
7. Will keep for at least a week in the refrigerator.

i just, tomatoes, cucumbers, bell peppers, red onion, vidalia, garlic, bread, olive oil, red wine vinegar, lemons, red pepper, salt, sour cream, fresh croutons, basil

Taken from www.epicurious.com/recipes/member/views/gazpacho-1276572 (may not work)