Grammy's Recipe Book Soups
Gazpacho
- Prep
- 25 min
- Rest
- 4 hrchill
- Total
- 4 hr 25 minstart to eating
Times are our estimates for Grammy's recipe, with unhurried prep.
As written
Word for word from her page, with her spelling and line breaks. [?] marks a word we couldn't read.
Gazpacho - Phyllis Caramanica
3 large tomatos
1 large cucumber pared
1 small onion
1 small pepper
1 pimento drained
1/3 cup olive oil
2 cans 12 oz tomato juice
1/3 cup red wine vinegar
1/4 tsp tobasco
1 tsp salt
1/8 tsp pepper
2 cloves garlic
Blend veggies + half juice. In
large mixing bowl combine rest +
chill several hours
3 large tomatos
1 large cucumber pared
1 small onion
1 small pepper
1 pimento drained
1/3 cup olive oil
2 cans 12 oz tomato juice
1/3 cup red wine vinegar
1/4 tsp tobasco
1 tsp salt
1/8 tsp pepper
2 cloves garlic
Blend veggies + half juice. In
large mixing bowl combine rest +
chill several hours
Grammy's recipe
Her recipe, typed out to cook from: her amounts and her words, with abbreviations spelled out and the steps numbered.
Ingredients
- 3 large tomatoes
- 1 large cucumber, peeled
- 1 small onion
- 1 small pepper
- 1 pimento, drained
- ⅓ cup olive oil
- 2 (12-ounce) cans tomato juice
- ⅓ cup red wine vinegar
- ¼ teaspoon Tabasco
- 1 teaspoon salt
- ⅛ teaspoon pepper
- 2 cloves garlic
Method
- Blend the vegetables with half the tomato juice.
- In a large mixing bowl, combine with the rest of the ingredients.
- Chill several hours.
Modernized
A present-day cookbook version, with missing steps filled in. These are suggestions, not her words.
Ingredients
- 3 large ripe tomatoes, cored and quartered
- 1 large cucumber, peeled and seeded
- 1 small red onion
- 1 small red bell pepper, seeded
- 1 (4-ounce) jar pimentos, drained
- 2 cloves garlic
- ⅓ cup good extra-virgin olive oil
- ⅓ cup red wine or sherry vinegar
- 2 (12-ounce) cans tomato juice
- ¼ teaspoon Tabasco
- 1 teaspoon salt and ⅛ teaspoon pepper, plus more to taste
Method
- Roughly chop the vegetables. Set aside a small handful each of tomato, cucumber and pepper, finely diced, to garnish.
- Blend the rest of the vegetables and the garlic with half the tomato juice until as smooth as you like.
- Pour into a large bowl and stir in the rest of the juice, the oil, vinegar, Tabasco, salt and pepper.
- Chill at least 4 hours, or overnight.
- Taste. Cold dulls seasoning, so add more salt or vinegar if needed. Serve topped with the diced vegetables and a drizzle of oil.
Ideas to play with
Twists and variations to try. Suggestions, not hers.
Watermelon gazpacho
Replace one tomato and half the tomato juice with 3 cups of seedless watermelon.
Shrimp
Top each bowl with chilled cooked shrimp and avocado for a summer lunch.
Shooters
Serve in small glasses at a party with a cucumber spear.
Croutons
Top with Grammy’s garlic croutons (page 28).