Posted by: kothie 08-05-99 1:03 AM
Gazpacho
Category: appetizers, main dishes, microwave, soups
Compute for 8 Servings
3 cup Tomato juice or 3 cup Vegetable juice cocktail
2 pack Instant beef broth or 2 Beef bouillon cubes, crumbled
2 medium ripe tomatoes, peeled and chopped
1/4 cup Chopped green pepper
1/4 cup Chopped onion
1/4 cup Wine vinegar or cider vinegar
2 tbsp Olive oil
1 tsp Salt
1 tsp Worcestershire sauce
Tabasco sauce, to taste
1 Clove garlic, peeled and crushed
Flavored croutons
Chopped tomato
Chopped cucumber
Chopped onion
Chopped green pepper
Place tomato juice in a non-metallic soup tureen or a deep 2 1/2-quart, heat-resistant, non-metallic casserole and heat, uncovered, in microwave oven 6 minutes or until boiling.
Stir in bouillon cubes until dissolved.
Add 2 chopped tomatoes, 1/4 cup green pepper, 1/4 cup onion, vinegar, oil, salt, Worcestershire sauce, Tabasco sauce and garlic.
Heat, uncovered, in microwave oven 2 minutes.
Serve accompanied by croutons and chopped tomato, cucumber, onion and green
pepper.
Serve either hot or cold
Garlic Gazpacho
Category: Soups, garlic
Compute for 4
6 large Tomatoes
2 Cloves garlic
1 Green bell pepper
1 large Onion
2 small Cucumber
1/2 cup Olive oil
1/2 cup Lemon juice
3 cup Tomato juice
Salt
Cayenne pepper
Peel tomatoes and blend with garlic in a blender.
Add 1/4 of green pepper, 1/4 of onion, and 1/2 of cucumber.
Chill.
Chop remaining vegetables and put in separate serving dishes in
refrigerator.
Put tomato juice in refrigerator.
Just before serving, blend olive oil, lemon juice, salt, cayenne and tomato juice.
Add to blender mixture.
Ladle into soup dishes.
Pass chopped vegetables and a dish of croutons as garnish