Roasted Garlic Gazpacho
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Instead of raw onions, this gazpacho is made with mellow, sweet roasted garlic.
Gazpacho is a cold Spanish-style soup made from tomatoes, olive oil, wine vinegar, and other vegetables. It’s typically loaded with raw onions and garlic, so every time I see it on a restaurant menu, I have an inner dialogue weighing how much I love it against how much I’ll regret eating it later. I wanted to come up with a recipe that was flavorful but without sharp and lingering aftereffects, so I replaced the traditional raw onions and garlic with lots of mellow, sweet roasted garlic. It turned out vibrant and full of robust tomato flavor—and you can eat it ’til your heart’s content because it goes down smooth.
What You’ll Need to Make Roasted Garlic Gazpacho
Step-by-Step Instructions
Gazpacho is incredibly easy to make. Aside from the roasted garlic in this recipe, everything is raw. You simply blitz all the vegetables in a food processor, then stir in the liquid ingredients and seasoning.
Begin by roasting the garlic cloves over medium heat in a small dry pan. When the skins are browned and the cloves are soft, they’re done.
In the meantime, chop the vegetables into large chunks.
Peel the roasted garlic and scrape off any char.
Add the peeled cloves to the bowl of a food processor and blitz to purée, then add the chopped tomatoes and pulse until coarsely chopped. Be careful not to overmix; you want the soup to be slightly chunky.
Transfer the tomato mixture to a bowl, then add the chopped bell peppers and cucumbers to the food processor and pulse until coarsely chopped.
Add the vegetables to the bowl with the tomatoes, then pour in the tomato juice, olive oil, red wine vinegar, and seasoning.
That’s all there is to it. Cover the soup and refrigerate until ready to serve — the longer it sits, the better it tastes. I love it simple and ungarnished, but you can also top it with croutons, sliced avocado or chopped hard-boiled eggs.
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Ingredients
- 8 garlic cloves, unpeeled
- 4 large vine-ripened tomatoes, cored and cut into 1-inch chunks
- 2 red bell peppers, cored, seeded and cut into 1-inch chunks
- 1 English or hothouse cucumber, halved, seeded and cut into 1-inch chunks (do not peel)
- 5 cups tomato juice, such as Campbells's (not the low sodium)
- ¼ cup extra virgin olive oil, best quality such as Colavita or Lucini
- ¼ cup red wine vinegar, best quality such as Pompeian Gourmet
- 1½ teaspoons salt
- ½ teaspoon freshly ground black pepper
- ½ teaspoon Tabasco (optional)
Instructions
- Place the unpeeled garlic cloves in a small skillet over medium heat; cook, turning occasionally, until soft and blackened in spots, about 10 to 15 minutes. Cool, then remove skins (they should slip right off) and scrape off any char.
- Add the peeled roasted garlic to the bowl of a food processor fitted with a metal blade; pulse, scraping down sides as necessary, until garlic is finely puréed. Add the chopped tomatoes and pulse until coarsely chopped. Do not overmix; the soup should be slightly chunky. Transfer the tomato mixture to an extra large bowl. Add the red bell peppers and cucumbers to the food processor and pulse until coarsely chopped; add to the bowl with the tomato mixture. Stir in the tomato juice, olive oil, red wine vinegar, salt, pepper and Tabasco. Taste and adjust seasoning if necessary. Cover the bowl with saran wrap and chill until ready to serve. The longer it sits, the better it tastes. Serve cold.
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Nutrition Information
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- Per serving (6 servings)
- Calories: 164
- Fat: 10g
- Saturated fat: 1g
- Carbohydrates: 19g
- Sugar: 13g
- Fiber: 3g
- Protein: 4g
- Sodium: 612mg
- Cholesterol: 0mg
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How many days can this keep in the fridge and can it be frozen?
I wouldn’t recommend freezing it as I don’t know how it would impact the texture, but it would be fine to refrigerate it for a day or two. (Just keep in mind that the color may change a bit.)
My daughter LOVES the soup. It’s perfect for school lunches. I usually include a roll and some cheese. It’s fairly forgiving – I use this as my “catch-all” soup when cleaning out the produce bin.
Wow! Just a perfect recipe, each ingredient is present and in proper proportion. Used this recipe to celebrate the first harvest from our kitchen garden, and was a great use of heirloom tomatoes. Just about perfect, maybe a few more roasted cloves but thats all.
As always, a great recipe from Jenn! I love cold summer soups but this was my first time ever making a gazpacho. I used low sodium V8 (had it in the pantry) and added some blistered shishito peppers, just because I didn’t want to keep them in the fridge any longer. Awesome!
This is an amazingly simple and tasty recipe and I am not someone who tends to like gazpacho. The only thing that I did differently was to sriracha for the tabasco as I prefer that zing more. But a really, really good soup and perfect for hot summer evenings.
It was wonderful! East to make and I used my fresh-picked tomatoes from the garden. Delicious!
I’m a huge fan of Gazpacho in the summer and like this recipe because of the added garlic flavor. I usually end up pureeing the soup because my boyfriend doesn’t like it “chunky”. It’s easy to add in whatever herbs you have on hand – cilantro, chives, tarragon, basil all add great flavor.
I like to use V-8 juice. I also add 1 onion, 1 jalapeno, 1 habanero (hubbie likes it hot) and sometimes a little cilantro. He could just about live on this during the summer when tomatoes are at their peak!
LOVE your recipe for my favorite summertime food! I’ve made this many times, but haven’t tried using roasted garlic – that’s a very nice touch! The only thing that I tend to do differently is that I like to use sherry vinegar instead of red wine vinegar. It seems to add a different complexity to the overall flavor. Thanks again for another wonderful recipe! 🙂
Love that idea, Michelle.
I agree with Andrea… using vegetable juice makes it so tasty! It also helps with the acid content a little.