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My father made this cold tomato and zucchini soup the other day.
"Don't call it gazpacho."
"Why not? It looks like gazpacho, but with some zucchini."
"It's my soup. I made it up. It's not gazpacho. Don't call it gazpacho."
"Okay dad, whatever you say."
So instead, my brother Eddie has named it "The Farmer's Market in a Soup".
Given that dad brought home every ingredient except the seasonings and broth from our local farmers market, the name makes sense.
It is a wonderfully cool, fresh soup for a hot summer day. Just don't call it gazpacho.
Cold Tomato Summer Vegetable Soup
Ingredients
- 6 fresh, ripe tomatoes, seeds removed (cut tomatoes in half, squeeze out seeds into a sieve over a bowl to catch the juice, use the juice, discard the seeds), chopped
- 1 cucumber, peeled, seeded, chopped fine
- 1 red bell pepper, chopped fine
- 2 stalks celery, chopped fine
- 1 tablespoon fresh dill, chopped
- 2 cloves garlic, minced
- 2 teaspoons sugar
- 2 zucchini, chopped fine
- 1/2 medium sweet onion, chopped fine
- 1-2 teaspoons salt
- 1/2 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper
- 3 cups tomato juice (in addition to the juice made when you squeezed the tomatoes above)
- 1 teaspoon Worcestershire sauce
- 2 tablespoons extra virgin olive oil
- 1/4 cup sherry vinegar
- 1 teaspoon chopped fresh oregano (or pinch of dry)
- 1 1/2 cups vegetable broth
- Hot sauce if needed
Method
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Combine all ingredients in a large bowl. Use the additional tomato juice to thin the soup to desired consistency. Adjust seasonings to taste. Better the next day.
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