Gazpacho

Julia wrote on Mon, 06 Aug 2007 12:57:26 -0400:

JA> I vote for no bread. I've never put a starch in gazpacho.
JA> If you think the soup needs more body, puree some cucumber
JA> and parsley and add them. The chunky vegetables provide
JA> enough texture.

I make Gazpacho with half the vegetables chopped and the other
half pureed. Both include peeled cucumber. I just made some
Gazpacho with bread and that is what prompted the question.
Perhaps, next time I'll use a breadless recipe and see what
potatoes do.

Just Googling for Gazpacho recipe with +bread and also -bread
gave very similar numbers of hits: 285,000 and 278,000, so I
guess there's no concensus!

James Silverton
Potomac, Maryland

E-mail, with obvious alterations:
not.jim.silverton.at.verizon.not

Julia Altshuler said:

I vote for no bread. I've never put a starch in gazpacho. If you think
the soup needs more body, puree some cucumber and parsley and add them.
The chunky vegetables provide enough texture.

There's also white gazpacho, made with almonds. Versions are in the
Penelope Casas cookbook universe.

T.