Cold vegetable soup gazpacho know virtually everything - in the summer, this dish is very popular. But gazpacho strawberries tasted a few. The idea to combine the strawberries in a dish with tomato like not everyone, but worth a try is the original dish to take a fresh look at Spanish cooking.

Juicy berries

Strawberry berry is considered the favorite in the world. It is not only fragrant and delicious, but also useful: it is used for the prevention of ophthalmic diseases, arthritis, gout Gout: The main symptoms and treatment   and hypertension. It is believed that strawberries have anti-carcinogenic effect and reduce cholesterol Cholesterin   in blood. Unfortunately, some people are allergic to strawberries, but the rest can feast on sweet berries indefinitely.

Typically, strawberry is used for desserts. In fact, what could be more delicious strawberry cake air, strawberries with cream or flavored jam this berry? However, the use of strawberries is not limited to sweet dishes - often added to fruit salads and even in soups. Particularly well with scarlet strawberries with bright red tomato soup gazpacho. This combination gives the dish an extra touch of sweet and amazingly fresh scent. In addition, the gazpacho - a great way to use not too delicious berries, which by themselves do not cause appetite.

For all its originality, this blend harmoniously. And to the sweetness of strawberries not eclipsed the sharpness of tomatoes and a dish does not turn out of the soup in a dessert, it is recommended to add a little spice to the gazpacho: a few drops of Tabasco sauce, freshly ground black pepper, basil and other herbs.

Dessert version

Often, strawberry gazpacho prepared without any tomatoes and served for dessert. Strictly speaking, the name "gazpacho" in this case is rather arbitrary - because of the meals are not included required Andalusian dishes garlic, olive oil and stale bread. But apparently strawberry gazpacho is very similar to the classic soup - it has a seductive bright red hue and also served with finely impaled ice. The main thing with cooking dessert gazpacho - achieve a smooth uniform consistency and balanced sweet-sour taste. For this dish, unlike strawberry-tomato gazpacho, strawberries should be taken very ripe and fragrant.

You can surprise your guests by submitting a sweet strawberry gazpacho in a large tureen as the traditional version of this soup. A good addition to serve gazpacho strawberry ice cream ball or a small amount of whipped cream.

Strawberry and tomato soup

The combination of sweet strawberries in the recipe with tomatoes seem a little strange. But in reality, even the most sensitive gourmands will not be able to understand what they cooked this amazing soup - Strawberry does not give too much candy dish, only makes the dish juicy, sweet and refreshing. It will take eight ripe tomatoes, two red sweet peppers, eight grams of strawberries, eight grams of cucumber, two hundred and fifty grams of stale white bread, three or four cloves of garlic, a small red onion, one hundred and fifty grams of extra virgin olive oil, the juice of half a lemon, a little wine vinegar , salt, black pepper and chilli.

Sweet peppers should be fully baked in the oven and clear the skin. Flesh is finely chopped peppers and put in a blender. There also send the chopped tomato pulp, peeled and core and cut into slices peeled cucumber and crushed garlic. Crumb of white bread to soak in water and also put in a blender with chopped red onions and strawberries. Pyurirovat all components.

If the sauce is not a uniform, rub it through a sieve further. Then fill with mashed potatoes with olive oil Olive oil: useful properties , Lemon juice and vinegar if necessary. Salt and pepper to taste, mix well and refrigerate for two hours. If the tomatoes, cucumbers and strawberries are juicy enough, the soup is supposed to be quite liquid. If the juiciness of fruits and berries is not enough, the soup can be diluted with ice water to the desired consistency. It is possible to submit the green gazpacho, small pieces of ham Spanish ham and toast of white bread.

Maria Bykov

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