Easy Gazpacho from Canned Tomatoes

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4.63 from 8 votes

This easy gazpacho recipe uses canned tomatoes and takes just 5 minutes to make. This delicious chilled soup is adaptable and impressive. My neat trick to tame the garlic and onion means you can enjoy all the flavour without overpowering anyone near who gets close!

Servings: bowls

Author: Helen Best-Shaw

Prep Time10

Cook Time0

Total Time10

Ingredients

Basic Ingredients

1/2 onion - peeled & chopped
2 cloves garlic - peeled & chopped
800 g canned tomatoes - reasonable quality or passata
1/2 cucumber - roughly diced
1 red pepper - seeds & membrane discarded, diced
4 tbs extra virgin olive oil
1/2 lemon - juiced
1 tbs sherry vinegar - or any white vinegar

Optional Extras / Substitutions

Whizz these into the soup or use for garnish
salad onions
1 tbs dry sherry - in place of the vinegar
2 tbs chopped herbs - basil, parsley, or coriander / cilantro
dash chilli sauce
1 tsp sugar - to sweeten if needed
2 slices rustic bread or sourdough - torn into pieces
1 hard boiled egg - chopped
1 slice Iberico ham - chopped into pieces
Manchego or other hard cheese - shavings

Instructions

Optional – blanch the onions and garlic to keep the flavour, but remove much of the fierceness.
Put the chopped onion and garlic in a sieve and pour a kettle of boiling water over them.
Prepare the red pepper and cucumber, by dicing roughly. Reserve a spoonful of each for the garnish and to add extra texture if desired.
Place the remaining canned tomatoes, onion, garlic, red pepper and cucumber in a bowl and whizz with an immersion or stick blender (or use a jug blender or food processor).
Add the lemon juice, vinegar and olive oil and generously season with pepper & salt. Whizz again until all the oil is emulsified.
Check the seasoning and add more if needed.
Quickly whizz in the reserved ingredients for a chunkier soup.
Chill for several hours before garnishing and serving. Eat within 24 hours.

Notes

Nutritional Information

This recipe is 7 Weight Watchers Smart Points per portion

• Please note that the nutrition information provided below is approximate and meant as a guideline only.

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