The combination of soaring temperatures and farmer’s markets leads me to one conclusion. It’s time for gazpacho. With sweat-drenched home cooks and their ovens and stoves going on strike, it’s that time of summer when a no-cook meal is in order.
I love gazpacho. I’ve made it with a variety of veggies gleaned from the garden (and sometimes from cleaning out the fridge) but this time around I wanted a gazpacho with a little kick. Hello…bloody mary anyone?
It was a very natural transition. Afterall, gazpacho require manys of the same ingredients as a great bloody mary. All that’s needed is some heat, a little Mary spice and wa-lah! BM in a bowl. And if you’re feeling particularly dandy or serving it for brunch, throw in a shot or two of vodka for a little bloody buzz.
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Bloody Mary Gazpacho
serves 8
4 ripe tomatoes, quartered
1 garlic clove, pressed
1 large cucumber, cut in 2-inch chunks
1 yellow bell pepper, cut in 2-inch chunks
3 ribs celery, cut in 2-inch chunks
1 large shallot, quartered
2 cups canned tomato juice or V-8 vegetable juice
1 T red wine vinegar
1-2 T freshly squeezed lemon juice, depending on taste
1 ½ T prepared horseradish
1T celery salt
3 T Worcestershire sauce
3 T olive oil
1 T Tabsasco sauce, or to taste
1 ½ teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon pepper
garnish: thinned sour cream, chopped green olive, chopped yellow bell pepper and celery
In a medium size mixing bowl, combine first 6 ingredients. In a blender, pulse half of ingredients in bowl until smooth. Pour pulsed mixture into a large bowl. Add the rest of the batch to blender and pulse until chunky, you’ll want it this portion to be somewhat chunky for texture. Add to the smoothly blended tomato mixture. In another bowl or 4 cup Pyrex measuring cup, combine tomato juice and next 8 ingredients. Pour into large bowl with tomato mixture and combine. Chill for 1 hour for flavors to combine or eat at room temperature. Garnish and serve.
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Gazpacho is super versatile, and doesn’t always include tomatoes and can be whatever color its base is. Try one of these variations (cherry? almonds?) from some of our favorite food bloggers.
photo > La Tartine Gourmande
Reliving the traditions of her French roots, Bea’s philosophy of eating veggies and fruits in season, and when at their freshest stage possible, makes La Tartine Gourmande‘s Tomato Gazpacho especially lively and satisfying as a main course, appetizer or amuse-bouche palette cleanser.
photo > Linday Hunt
Marcus Samuelsson’s hunt for the world’s best restaurant found Chef Jordan Frosolone, of New York City’s August Restaurant, and his White Gazpacho recipe. It blended creaminess comes from blanched almonds, creme fraiche and whole milk and with the added punch of cucumbers and grapes, the hit of chile oil offsets its cool creaminess.
photo > Christopher Cina
Along with sharing the secret to perfectly cooked shrimp (you’ll have to click the link to find it out) Chef Chris Of Christopher Cina ‘s Gazpacho with Spiced Shrimp, Lemon Crema is a classic tomato gazpacho with a kicked up garnish of spiced shrimp. And don’t forget the crema. NEVER forget the crema!
photo > Running With Tweezers
Throwing a contemporary spin on classic gazpacho, Tami combines tomatillos, watercress and cilantro with cucumber an yellow bell pepper (green although the right color might wouldn’t be mellow enough) for Running With Tweezers Green Gazpacho with Spicy Croutons (or as I like to call it: a green goddess love fest with a smokey crunch.)
photo > The Winter Guest
That’s the beauty of tomatoes. They tend to complement nearly every other red fruit (think watermelon and strawberries), but when I discovered The Winter Guest‘s Cherry Gazpacho I realized there’s a whole realm, cherries, that I’d never known! And as Miriam suggests, nothing is better than enjoying to enjoy a nice cool gazpacho in the summer heat.
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Tried it…liked it !!!
Gazpacho is a family fav so will definitely try this one !
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Awesome presentation of various gazpacho formulas! I think my most loved is the cocktail form, I never would have considered it, it’s splendid.
LOVE LOVE LOVE! But does the usage of “BM” irk anyone else?
Thanks Heidi for including my cherry gazpacho!! Cheers from northwest Spain, on vacation ;)
Thank you Winter! What a great combo: tomatoes and cherries!
love all of these ideas! gazpacho is just the perfect summer food, and the bloody mary recipe looks amazing – i cannot WAIT to try this out. thank you!
Yes, give it a try! It disappears quickly in our house (double-ing for cocktail and soup)
This bloody mary gazpacho looks FABULOUS! I just love the pungent spice of a great bloody mary, and this looks right up my alley!!! Thanks so much!
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I love me a good gazpacho soup. So many beauties to choose from here!
Thanks Maria, they do look mouthwateringly good.
Wow. Look at all these gazpachos! I’m going to have to check out some of these (and by some I mean all) as I am now craving gazpacho… and a bloody mary. Gorgeous photo too.
Thanks Russell, do give them a try. Nice to see a token male on the site :) THX for commenting
Fantastic offering of different gazapacho recipes! I think my favourite is the bloody mary version, I never would have thought of it, it’s brilliant!
Thanks Ally, I think it would be delish with a touch of feta or pickled asparagus as a topping too.
Great round up! Gazpacho is one of my all time favorites
Hey Alison, thanks! I can imagine you’d like gazpacho since its so healthy and fresh :) Do you have any secrets to get your kids to eat tomatoes? Ali is still resisting at 7 y.o.
Done. I’ve never been in love with the G word, but this week I’m changing my ways. I think I’ll go your BM route. Whoa, I should really type that out, bloody marry. There, that’s better.
I’ll let you know how it goes!
Do it Bev, and think about adding that dose of something special.