Raw food gazpacho
Description
Gazpacho is one of my favorite raw food soups. I'm not actually a raw foodist, but there are a few raw dishes I really enjoy purely for their taste, and gazpacho is definitely one of them. No cooking, no long hours in the kitchen—just a delicious, vitamin-rich, healthy soup ready in your bowl. Essentially, gazpacho is a vegetable salad turned into a purée. But there are a few tricks to preparing it that I'd like to share with you :) Serve the soup cold.
Instructions
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Step 1
First, cut the tomatoes into small, irregular pieces.
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Step 2
Add the chopped tomatoes to the blender or food processor bowl.
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Step 3
Peel the cucumbers.
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Step 4
Finely chop one and a half cucumbers, set aside the remaining half cucumber for now.
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Step 5
Peel and cut the red onion into small pieces.
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Step 6
Add the minced onion and cucumbers, as well as the peeled garlic cloves, to the tomatoes in the blender container.
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Step 7
Then add about one and a half cups of tomato juice to the vegetables (if using paste, slightly dilute it with water).
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Step 8
Grind all the contents of the blender bowl until smooth.
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Step 9
We don't need a perfectly smooth mixture—even if there are still some tomato seeds left, it's not a problem. The main thing is a liquid consistency and the absence of large vegetable pieces.
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Step 10
Pour the contents of the blender jar into a separate container. Add the remaining tomato juice, vinegar (as far as I know, vinegar does not contradict raw food principles), salt, and pepper.
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Step 11
Serve immediately, adding finely chopped cucumber and red onion directly to the plate.