Heirloom Tomato and Watermelon Gazpacho Soup
DATE: September 27, 2022
- Serves: 6
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Bohemian Rosemary
Rosemary Lemon Salt
Provence You've Been Gone
Herbes de provence
- 2½ lbs. heirloom tomatoes
- 2 cups roughly chopped watermelon
- ½ jalapeño, seeded and cut in half or 1 tsp. of jalapeño infused olive oil
- 3 Persian cucumbers or 1 hothouse cucumber
- 2 tsp Healthy On You® Provence You've Been Gone spice blend
- 8 cilantro sprigs, plus cilantro leaves for garnish
- 2 garlic cloves, coarsely chopped
- 2 tbsp sherry vinegar or red wine vinegar
- ⅓ cup extra-virgin olive oil
- 3 tbsp diced sweet peppers (red,yellow)
- 3 tbsp diced red onion
- 1½ tsp Healthy On You® Bohemian Rosemary sea salt
- Fresh ground black pepper
- Good quality extra-virgin olive oil, for drizzling
Directions
- Score the tomatoes by making an “X” mark with a knife at the bottoms and blanch the tomatoes in boiling water for 1 minute.
- Cool the tomatoes in a bowl of ice water for a few minutes and use your fingers to slip off their skins. Save the iced water.
- Remove the cores and coarsely chop the tomatoes, saving all of the juice.
- Seed and dice 3 tablespoons of unpeeled cucumber, for the garnish. Peel and coarsely chop the remaining cucumbers.
- Place the tomatoes, the coarsely chopped cucumber, jalapeño, cilantro sprigs, garlic, vinegar, the Provence You've Been Gone spice blend and olive oil in a blender with 1 to 1½ teaspoons of the Bohemian Rosemary sea salt and some pepper.
- Process at the lowest speed until broken down. Turn the speed up to high and puree until the soup is completely smooth.
- If the soup is too thick, add a little of the ice water. Taste for seasoning. Repeat with the rest of the soup ingredients. Chill the soup in the refrigerator until it's very cold.
- Toss the diced sweet pepper, onion and cucumber together in a small bowl. Pour the gazpacho into 6 chilled soup bowls and scatter the pepper mixture over the soup.
- Sprinkle cilantro leaves at the center of each bowl. Finish each soup with a drizzle of really good quality olive oil.
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