Authentic Spanish Gazpacho Recipe Cold Tomato Soup

Spanish Gazpacho – Cold Tomato Soup can be served in any meal or simply dunk a toasted slice of bread and Nosh! I mean we just crossed 43 Celsius or 110 Fahrenheit on Sunday and you could literally feel the heat outdoor or indoors. It’s Seriously H O T !!!! The water coolers/air-conditioners maintenance teams could be seen running the entire city and you can see people sweating everywhere. With all this heat, food is the last thing on my mind…I’m not sure if it happens with you too but whenever it gets that HOT, all I want to do is drink chilled stuff or eat chilled food. The kitchen is literally shut except for making cold salads/dips and chilled soup or eating chilled leftover from the fridge. That’s when I thought of making this Authentic Spanish Gazpacho or Cold Tomato Soup. I first had this soup during a vacation to Portugal in August 2011 and completely fell in love with its color and freshness. Mr. and I, toured the city along with our friends and by evening we were even tired of a proper sit-down meal. That’s when a local suggested trying the ‘Cold Soup’ which sounded absolutely perfect. We ended up finding this cute little family restaurant run by an old Spanish lady making basic soups + tapas and they both tasted absolutely delicious. Not only we enjoyed the scrumptious meal but the lady was kind enough to share her Spanish food traditions. And few recipes and this soup is something very similar (except her kitchen garden tomatoes & homemade vinegar).

What is a Spanish Gazpacho?

This Spanish Gazpacho soup originated from the Southern Spanish region of Andalusia and it’s way to Portugal too. The soup is made using vine-ripened tomatoes (for taste & rich red color), along with few other fresh ingredients and a piece of stale bread. All the ingredients are either crushed using ‘Mortar-Pestle‘ (to avoid any foam on top) or blended. Hence we can say that the Traditional Cold Soup – Gazpacho does have a slight texture and taste, unlike any soup you’ve had.

So for me, this Spanish Gazpacho – Cold Tomato Soup is a perfect summer meal along with few nicely toasted slices of bread slathered with butter or cream cheese dips. It’s so easy to make as there’s absolutely no cooking involved and can be made in advance and stored up to 1-2 days. As mentioned above, the ingredients are really simple and few. And you can change any of them as per your choice of veggies and that’s the beauty of this soup. It turns out delicious everytime you make it (even with slightly changed ingredients).

I actually ended up making this Spanish Gazpacho – Cold Tomato Soup recipe twice on the same day!! First, were to click pictures and then after devouring the first bowl, we wanted another too as it’s sooo crazy hot and this looks like the best thing EVER! I ended up consuming most of this Easy Spanish Gazpacho – Cold Tomato Soup and had to cover up my guilt by making another batch almost immediately!

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