Description
A refreshing Spanish-style gazpacho made from ripe tomatoes, cucumbers, bell pepper, celery water, garlic, onion, and fresh herbs—perfectly served chilled, with either a chunky or smooth texture and garnished to your taste.
Ingredients
1 cup celery, sliced (about 2 stalks)
1 cup water
2 lb ripe tomatoes (cherry, grape, yellow, heirloom, or Roma)
1 red or yellow bell pepper
8 oz cucumber, peeled into strips (English, Persian, or Turkish)
1/3 cup red onion
2 garlic cloves
2–3 tsp red wine or sherry vinegar
2 Tbsp olive oil
1 tsp salt (plus more to taste)
1/2 tsp black pepper
1/2 tsp cumin
1/8–1/4 tsp piment d’Espelette, cayenne, or sweet paprika
1/4 tsp coriander
1/2 cup fresh herbs, finely chopped (parsley, basil, mint, cilantro, or dill)
Optional: 1 Tbsp tomato paste
Optional: 1–2 slices soaked bread
Instructions
- Blend celery and water; strain and reserve the juice. Discard pulp.
- For chunky gazpacho: Rough-chop half of the tomatoes, cucumbers, bell pepper, and onion; blend with garlic and celery juice until chopped but not pureed. Add tomato paste or soaked bread if using and pulse.
- Finely dice the remaining vegetables and stir into the blended mixture.
- For smooth gazpacho: Blend all chopped vegetables with celery juice until smooth. Slowly drizzle in olive oil to emulsify.
- Add vinegar, salt, pepper, cumin, paprika or cayenne, and coriander. Adjust seasoning as needed.
- Gently stir or pulse in fresh herbs.
- Chill for at least 1 hour before serving. Garnish with olive oil, avocado, microgreens, croutons, or diced vegetables as desired.
Notes
- Use a mix of tomato varieties for depth of flavor.
- Celery juice adds subtle freshness; substitute with cucumber juice or water if needed.
- Soaked bread helps thicken the soup; use gluten-free if needed.
- Add herbs at the end to preserve color and brightness.
- Store chilled for up to 3–4 days; stir before serving.
- Prep Time: 20 minutes
- Cook Time: 0 minutes
- Category: Soup
- Method: Blended
- Cuisine: Spanish
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 cup
- Calories: 90
- Sugar: 5g
- Sodium: 380mg
- Fat: 5g
- Saturated Fat: 1g
- Unsaturated Fat: 4g
- Trans Fat: 0g
- Carbohydrates: 10g
- Fiber: 2g
- Protein: 2g
- Cholesterol: 0mg
