Offered in many restaurants Mediterranean gazpacho soup is not just for vegetarians. There are many variations of this soup with slices of cheese, Spanish ham and boiled eggs. But probably the most delicious non-vegetarian option - a delicious gazpacho with shrimp.

Always relevant seafood

Of all seafood shrimp are the most popular. Unlike their larger brethren delicious - lobster and crayfish - these small crustaceans is relatively cheap and available to everyone. Shrimp are considered one of the best snacks for beer, as well as commonly used to prepare various dishes. Delicate sweet taste of shrimp cooked perfectly in harmony with salads, appetizers Low calorie snacks , Soups and hot dishes. Shrimp not only make cold soup gazpacho Gazpacho soup - fresh in summer day   a hearty, but also give this simple, in fact, the dish a note of sophistication. Gazpacho with prawns - the perfect choice for guests feast on a hot day when you do not want to eat heavy meat food. This dish looks smart, has a luxurious festive flavor and easy to cook.

Choosing shrimp, do not chase the large size: the smaller crustaceans, the more intense taste they have. Prawns look luxurious, but are inferior in taste to smaller species. In addition, it is desirable to give preference to the northern seas shrimp - they are much tastier than warm water, which is grown artificially feeding various additives to accelerate growth.

High-quality shrimp should be a pale pink color (bright orange color indicates that the crustaceans artificially tinted), without any spots on the shell, with a curved tail. Straightening the tail shrimp suggests that the crustacean frozen stale. The presence of spots - a sign of improper storage: probably shrimp repeatedly thawed and frozen again. On repeated freezing and may indicate the presence of frost in the package with the crustaceans. Black head crustacean may indicate that shrimp began to deteriorate; At the same time, the green heads of the shrimp - variant of the norm.

It is not enough to choose the shrimp, they still need to properly prepare. Although few people like to clean the shrimp, it's best to buy unpeeled crustaceans - so they taste better. Raw prawns have an unattractive shade of gray, so often on sale can be found CHILLED pink crustaceans: they are sufficient to defrost, clean and add to the dish. If sold uncooked shrimp, they need to cook in a few minutes after the water boils. The water needed for cooking salt and - if desired - different spices, such as pepper, bay leaf. Cook the shrimp should be short, a couple of minutes, when a long cooking taste of seafood is only getting worse, consistency becomes a "rubber". The color change indicates readiness crustaceans: Once purchased pink shrimp, cooking can be stopped.

Fragrant and refreshing soup

The combination of tender shrimp with a variety of vegetables in this soup will not leave anyone indifferent. To prepare gazpacho with shrimp should take two hundred grams of peeled shrimp, one tomato, one pepper (best to use a light green pepper with fine sandpaper), half an avocado, fifty grams of celery juice, one hundred grams of cold water, the three feathers of green onions, juice lime, cilantro leaves and some olives for decoration, half a glass of low-fat sour cream or unsweetened yogurt for serving.

Onions and avocados to turn into a puree, add to the same tiny diced pepper and diced tomato. Large shrimp can be cut into pieces, smaller left intact. Mix all ingredients and put in the fridge for one hour. Then decompose in a la carte soup plates, sprinkle low-fat sour cream Smetana: untold riches of Russian cuisine   or unsweetened plain yogurt and garnish with olives and cilantro leaves. In a solemn ceremony this gazpacho is best served in a crystal bowl.

Maria Bykov

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