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Cucumber gazpacho with grissini
- Prep time:
- 20 mins
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- Serves:
- 4
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Ingredients
- ½ loaf bread
- 125ml white wine vinegar
- 2 cloves Garlic, minced
- 10 green Tomatoes, skinned and deseeded
- 3 Cucumber, skinned and deseeded
- 1 large Shallots, chopped
- 1 green pepper, deseeded, pith removed, coarsely chopped
- 1 green chilli, deseeded, membrane removed, coarsely chopped
- 3 sticks Celery, chopped
- 1 tsp caster sugar
- Tabasco, to taste
- grissini, to serve
Method
1. Remove the bread from the inside of the crust and chop into small pieces.2. Pour the wine vinegar over the bread and soak it until it is completely soft.
3. Put the soaked bread, garlic, tomatoes, cucumber, shallot, pepper, chilli, celery and caster sugar into a bowl and blend together with a stick blender until smooth.
4. Pass this mixture through a chinois and season with Tabasco sauce and salt and freshly ground black pepper.
5. Serve in bowls with grissini on the side.
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