Rainbow Gazpacho
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Author Notes: This simple chilled soup comes out a different blend of colors each time I make it. I keep a batch of this in the fridge and we snack on it all week long during summer. Don't worry if your 'looms are a little soft; they ripen quickly. The other vegetables provide enough "crunch" for texture. To my taste, the soup needs no added salt. I spice up my bowl with an extra squeeze of lemon and a dash of Sriracha. Caterpillars ate my basil when I wasn't looking, so I threw in a handful of dill. Parsley works just as well, whatever fresh herbs are available in the garden or look good at the market. - Lizthechef
Serves half a gallon of soup
- 4 good-sized heirloom tomatoes, cored and cut into large chunks
- 1 yellow bell pepper, cored, seeded and cut into large chunks
- 1 orange bell pepper, cored, seeded and cut into large chunks
- 1 large red onion, peeled and cut into large chunks
- 1 English cucumber, seeded and cut into large chunks
- 4 cloves of garlic, peeled
- 1/2 cup fresh dill
- one 46 ounces bottle of low-salt vegetable juice, such as low-salt V8 or low-salt 365 "Vital Veggie"
- 1/4 cup best quality olive oil
- 1/4 cup apple cider vinegar
- juice of one Meyer lemon (or any lemon)
- kosher salt and ground pepper (optional)
- Using a food processor, chop first the tomatoes, then the peppers, next the cucumber and finally the onion. Combine all the chopped vegetables in a large, non-reactive bowl.
- Next, chop the garlic and fresh dill in the processor. Add to vegetables.
- Pour in the vegetable juice and stir to combine.
- Add the olive oil, vinegar, lemon juice and mix in well. Taste and adjust seasoning.
- Chill several hours before serving.
- This recipe was entered in the contest for Your Best Dish in the Raw
- This recipe was entered in the contest for Your Best Picnic Dish
- This recipe was entered in the contest for Your Best Recipe Using Heirloom Tomatoes
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10 months ago bakedwithluv
Made this with gorgeous South Carolina heirlooms. Prep was quick and pleasantly messy. I tasted it before I realized I'd forgotten to add the tomato juice. Haha! ItI was outstandingly tasty. I added a fraction of the called for tomato juice before serving. This is a GREAT must keep summer recipe.
10 months ago Lizthechef
Must be super juicy and delicious tomatoes - I just had a bowl for a snack myself.
almost 2 years ago Lizthechef
So sorry for the multiple entries...Please delete them?
almost 2 years ago SML Office
This is making homesick for Jersey tomatoes!
almost 2 years ago Lizthechef
They are the best...
about 2 years ago DeArmasA
After years of searching for the perfect gazpacho, this is now my go-to gazpacho recipe. I made it three times last summer - the last time, I only had fennel in the garden and substituted it for the dill and it was to die for!
about 2 years ago Lizthechef
So glad you enjoyed it - we live on it all summer long...
almost 3 years ago Lizthechef
How to get my gazpacho photo up first? Was there most of the week - sigh, help?
almost 3 years ago Lizthechef
I am certain this is due to me doing something wrong, not the site...Have clicked into eternity to switch photos.
almost 3 years ago Sagegreen
I share your frustration. Sometimes I just delete the image and then upload again.... I sure have not mastered the art of ordering with clicking at all!
almost 3 years ago themissingingredient
Absolutely fabulous!!!this is a winner!!!!!
almost 3 years ago Lizthechef
Thank you - hope you try it out and let me know what you think -
almost 3 years ago KelseyTheNaptimeChef
I love gazpacho and am looking for a change from my regular recipe - this one looks like a perfect fit!
almost 3 years ago Lizthechef
Can't imagine mine topping yours, Kelsey, but thank you so much!
almost 3 years ago trishthedish
Liz, love the ingredients - the apple cider vinegar gives it a fresh twist. I can hardly wait for my many tomato plants to start producing! Gazpacho on the patio time!!
Trishthedish
almost 3 years ago Lizthechef
Any mild vinegar will do - very "forgiving" recipe - thanks!
almost 3 years ago MyCommunalTable
I always forget to make gazpacho, but I love it everytime I have it. Going to evening market tonight. I will be making this tomorrow. Sounds great!
almost 3 years ago Lizthechef
So does your burger ;)
almost 3 years ago Lizthechef
Thank you, Dominique - who taught me a valuable lesson - I owe you a big bowl of gazpacho ;) Typos fixed at last....
almost 3 years ago Dominique Fry
Move the item to the bottom of the list and then edit it. It happened to me too. BTW, great recipe.
almost 3 years ago Lizthechef
Thank you, I will try this - never had a problem in many previous edit sessions, me who never bothered to take a typing class....
almost 3 years ago TheWimpyVegetarian
I love gazpacho! It's such a refreshing soup to have on a hot summer day. I've never made it with the apple cider - it looks like such an interesting addition, I'll have to try your recipe! really! soon! And I know how frustrating it can be to try to do something on the computer that doesn't work right away....:-) But love the recipe anyway!!
almost 3 years ago Lizthechef
Actually, it's apple cider vinegar, not cider - and I will try yet again to correct my typos - thanks!
almost 3 years ago TheWimpyVegetarian
Oops! Now I had a typo!! I knew it was the vinegar variety and left that critical word out!
almost 3 years ago Lizthechef
When I click this, as always, and go to recipe, I click on "edit" at the end of the ingredient I need to re-type and lines immediately double on top of one another. I have edited for months with success until today. There are 2 typos driving me crazy...
almost 3 years ago lapadia
Awww, it would bother me too, but give it a few hours or a day, sounds like a system error of some sort…OH, and btw- love your recipe and the name!
almost 3 years ago Sagegreen
I was so hoping someone would offer a gazpacho recipe. This particularly colorful one sounds wonderful!
almost 3 years ago dymnyno
This is the classic...made with gorgeous!! tomatoes!! Gazpacho was one of Hemingway's favorites..."It's a salad soup." (Garden of Eden"
almost 3 years ago Lizthechef
Thanks, Mare - my husband always call it this too.
almost 3 years ago Lizthechef
Sorry, having trouble editing - lines overlap and unable to correct "pelled" (sic) red onion.
almost 3 years ago Lizthechef
Any hints how to fix typos? Never happened before...
almost 3 years ago drbabs
Barbara is a trusted source on General Cooking.
Liz, click on "edit before the submission deadline"--should be in the upper right corner of your page--and fix away!
almost 3 years ago drbabs
Barbara is a trusted source on General Cooking.
BTW, I LOVE gazpacho--this sounds great!