Watermelon Gazpacho with Cucumber Seeds (Gazpacho de Sandia con Pepitas de Pepino)
- 1 watermelon, peeled and cut into chunks
- 1 cucumber, peeled
- 1 red pepper, cored and seeded
- 1/2 cup Spanish extra-virgin olive oil
- Salt
- Sherry vinegar
- 4 tomatoes
- Croutons
- Put the watermelon chunks in a blender.
- Using an apple corer, remove the seeds from the cucumber; the seeds will come out in tube-like lengths; reserve the seeds.
- Add half of the cucumber and half of the pepper to the blender.
- Blend until smooth.
- Add the olive oil and blend until a smooth emulsion is formed.
- Season with salt and vinegar.
- Strain the gazpacho and refrigerate until chilled.
- Using a sharp knife, slice off the tops and bottoms of each of the tomatoes.
- Locate the fleshy dividing wall of one segment inside the tomato.
- Slice into the wall and open up the flesh to expose the seeds.
- Remove the seeds and their pulp by slicing through the tomato core.
- Set aside the seeds.
- Your aim is to keep the pulp of the seeds together to create tomato seed "fillets" that are separate from the firmer tomato flesh.
- Repeat with each segment of the tomato.
- Cut the remaining cucumber and red pepper into 1/2-inch dice.
- Cut the cucumber seed tubes into 1/2-inch pieces.
- In the bottom of each soup plate, arrange the diced cucumber, red pepper, cucumber seeds, tomato seeds and croutons.
- Pour the gazpacho at the table.
watermelon, cucumber, red pepper, olive oil, salt, sherry vinegar, tomatoes, croutons
Taken from www.foodandwine.com/recipes/aspen-2006-watermelon-gazpacho-with-tomato-seeds-gazpacho-de-sandia-con-pepitas-de-tomate (may not work)