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• Recipe Overview
• Ingredients
• Processes - Utensils
• Instructions

• Cuisine

  Latin American >> Mexican >> Mexican

• Dietary Style

• Source

  Genius Kitchen(food.com)

| 1. Prepare barbecue (medium-high heat). | 2. Place, tomatoes, red bell pepper and onions on baking sheet. | 3. Brush with 3 tablespoons oil, sprinkle with salt and pepper. | 4. Brush both sides of bread with 2 tablespoons oil. | 5. Grill vegetables until skins are charred, turning frequently; about 8 minutes for tomatoes, 10 minutes for onion, and 15 minutes for pepper. | 6. Return to baking sheet and cover with foil. | 7. Grill bread until toasted, about 1 1/2 minutes per side. | 8. Cut garlic clove in half; rub over toasted sides of bread. | 9. Cut bread into small cubes; reserve croutons. | 10. Remove charred skins and cores from tomatoes. | 11. Peel, seed and core pepper. | 12. Remove charred papery peel and core from onion. | 13. Set aside 1/2 of cucumber for garnish. | 14. Working in two batches, add half each of tomatoes, pepper, onion and remaining cucumber to food processor and blend until coarse puree forms. | 15. Transfer mixture to large bowl. | 16. Repeat with remaining tomatoes, pepper and onion. | 17. Using garlic press, squeeze in remaining 2 garlic cloves. Stir in remaining 3 tablespoons olive oil, 3 tablespoons vinegar, marjoram, smoked paprika, cumin and cayenne. | 18. Thin soup with water or tomato juice if desired. | 19. Season with salt and pepper. | 20. Chill at least 2 hours. | 21. Note: Croutons can be made up to 8 hours ahead. Cover and store at room temperature. | 22. To serve season gazpacho to taste with more salt and more vinegar if desired. Ladle into bowls. | 23. Garnish with cucumber, croutons and green onions. | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------

Estimated Nutritional Profile for Ingredients

Ingredient Name	Quantity	Unit	State	Energy (kcal)	Carbohydrates	Protein (g)	Total Lipid (Fat) (g)
tomato	3 - 3 1/2			0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
red bell pepper	1			-	-	-	-
red onion	1			-	-	-	-
extra virgin olive oil	8	tablespoons	divided	-	-	-	-
bread	3	slices		-	-	-	-
garlic clove	3		divided	-	-	-	-
cucumber	1		peeled	15.6	3.7752	0.6759999999999999	0.1144
sherry wine vinegar	3	tablespoons		-	-	-	-
marjoram	2	teaspoons	chopped	3.252	0.7267	0.1519	0.0845
paprika	3/4	teaspoon	smoked	4.8645	0.9313	0.2439	0.2224
cumin	1/2	teaspoon	ground	3.9375	0.4645	0.187	0.2338
cold water	3/4	cup		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
green onion	3		cut	57.51	12.2262	2.0661	1.0011

- Means that suitable USDA nutrition profile could not be mapped for this ingredient-unit combination.