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Easy Gazpacho Recipe

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Jump straight to the recipe here (but you'll miss a lot of good info)!

This gazpacho recipe is super-simple and incredibly easy to make whether tomatoes are in season or not - in just 30 minutes!

I love gazpacho. It's one of those summertime recipes that I can't resist, year after year. There's something so satisfying about throwing all that nature straight into my food processor and then straight to the table. Clean eating at its finest.

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What Is Gazpacho?

Gazpacho Andaluz originates from the southern Spanish region of Andalusia and is a classic cold Spanish soup. Traditional recipes call for tomatoes, cucumbers, bell peppers, vinegar, olive oil, garlic, and bread.

It's the perfect refreshing starter to any meal on a hot summer day and also makes for a healthy snack and weight loss meal.

Gazpacho Recipe Tips

  • Refrigerate at least a few hours to allow flavors to meld.
  • Don't hold back on the seasoning. Cold soups require more seasoning than hot soups.
  • Try serving in a mug or glass.
  • Don't forget the toppings. It's worth the trouble for a great presentation and really enhances the flavor.

Gazpacho Soup Topping Garnish

Speaking of toppings, try adding these garnishments right before serving.

  • Sour cream or yogurt
  • Crème fraîche
  • Flavored oil
  • Roasted nuts e.g. almonds
  • Toasted seeds
  • Feta
  • Chopped boiled egg
  • Spanish Iberico jambon
  • Diced vegetables e.g. cucumbers, peppers, avocado
  • Herbs
  • Croutons
  • Seafood e.g. crab, scallops, shrimp, lobster

What to Serve with Gazpacho?

Since you're making a Spanish soup you can break free from the traditional appetizer and meal and instead serve up tapas, small plates of food. Here are some tapas ideas:

Is Gazpacho Served Hot or Cold?

Gazpacho served hot is tomato soup. Gazpacho is served cold as a reflection of the hot Spanish region it originated from.

More Soup Recipes to Try!

Gazpacho Recipe

Easy Gazpacho Recipe

Yield: 4
Prep Time: 30 minutes
Additional Time: 2 hours
Total Time: 2 hours 30 minutes

This is a very rustic easy gazpacho recipe. I have been known to put it through a fine mesh strainer when serving at a dinner party to make it smooth. Either way, it’s delicious!

Ingredients

  • 3 garlic cloves
  • 1 large cucumber, seeded
  • 2 bell peppers (red, yellow or orange, but not green – be sure to stem and deseed)
  • ⅓ of a red onion
  • 2 large or 3-4 small tomatoes
  • ½ cup cilantro
  • 3 cups tomato juice
  • ¼ cup champagne vinegar (or white wine)
  • ⅓ cup high-quality extra-virgin olive oil
  • 2 teaspoons kosher salt
  • 1 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper

Instructions

    1. Dice the garlic with a knife or place in a food processor, and pulse until it’s finely diced.
    2. Chop the vegetables (cucumber through tomatoes) into large pieces and add to food processor along with cilantro. Process until smooth.
    3. Add the rest of the ingredients and stir well.
    4. Refrigerate at least a few hours to allow flavors to meld, then serve chilled with avocado/diced veggie garnish.

Notes

Use only the best, freshest ingredients for this soup.

You can drizzle with a small amount of olive oil, if desired.

Nutrition Information:
Yield: 4 Serving Size: 1
Amount Per Serving: Calories: 242Total Fat: 19gSaturated Fat: 3gTrans Fat: 0gUnsaturated Fat: 15gCholesterol: 0mgSodium: 1100mgCarbohydrates: 18gFiber: 3gSugar: 10gProtein: 4g

This data was provided and calculated by Nutritionix.

© Kristy Bernardo
Cuisine: Spanish / Category: Soups and Stews
Easy Gazpacho Recipe
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Comments

  1. This looks delicious! Can't wait to try it. How many servings does the recipe make? Thanks!

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    • Natalie, it makes about 8 servings. Enjoy! xo

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  2. I am a person who loves to try out new things so I decided to try out your delicious recipe. I will most certainly check back another time - thanks for sharing!

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    • Thanks, Donna!

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  3. Wow! Such a beautiful presentation! You know I've never tried gazpacho before..but sounds so refreshing and perfect for Texas summer months!

    Thank you for the helpful freezing tips. I do have one question. Can I put hot food immediately into the fridge to cool faster? I've heard mixed reviews. Thank you!

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    • I do put hot food in either the fridge or directly into a bowl of ice to cool it as quickly as possible. I let it cool about 10-15 minutes first then either fridge or bowl of ice. You don't want to freeze hot food though or it will affect the texture.

      Thanks for the comment!

      Kristy

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  4. I love the presentation, so beautiful!

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    • Thanks Sylvie!

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  5. Wow, I had no idea I was going to learn so much from a post about gazpacho. First of all I didn't know gazpacho would freeze. And second, I just love the presentation made using the food ring, avocado and other veggies. I'm going to forward this to my husband-- he's Mr. Presentation with food, much better than I am-- in fact he's the one who bought our food ring. I know, I'm a lucky woman....

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    • You ARE lucky!! Alan would never be caught dead in the kitchen 🙂

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  6. I have never had gaspacho or however it's spelled LOL but the recipe looks yummy I will have to try it!

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    • LOL! Thanks Patsy!

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  7. This looks lovely! Your clients are very lucky!

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    • Thanks Jenny!

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  8. Oh..that's a cool technique of presentation, Kristy..love the color and creamy gazpacho!

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    • Thanks Sanjeeta!

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  9. This soup looks so happy! (Such vibrant colors!) Love your "ring of avocado!" Thanks for the tips too! I never knew that warm food shouldn't be frozen...makes sense though, since plastic is involved. From now on, that's my excuse for why my hands look like drunk chickens when I'm typing. Thank you!

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    • Valerie, you always have me laughing!! So happy to have connected through our blogs. You're awesome <3

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  10. the presentation is amazing, love your tips and tricks... adding to my to make list (yum)!

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    • Thanks, vianney!

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  11. I love, love, love gazpacho and make it often in the summer, but always wondered how it would freeze. Next time I make it, I'm making a huge batch!

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    • Also, can I just say that I love that you don't put bread in yours. I see that all the time, and I wonder why people do it...it's so much better with just the veggies!

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      • I prefer it with just the veggies, too! The texture seems strange to me with bread.

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    • YAY!! So glad it helped, Mindy 🙂

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  12. That is the most interesting Gazpacho Recipe I have ever seen. I love the presentation. I will have to send it to some of my friends in Spain.

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  13. That is the most interesting Gazpacho Recipe I have ever seen. I love the presentation. I will have to send it to some of my friends ins Spain.

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  14. That is the most interesting Gazpacho Recipe I have ever see. I love the presentation. I will have to send it to some of my friends ins Spain.

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    • Thanks Vicky!

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  15. Beautiful avocado!!! I remember when we were dating, my now husband made gazpacho like this and I told him he did it wrong! Poor guy-I had always had a rough tomato salad type mix and known it as gazpacho.

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    • Thanks, Carlene! It's funny when we get so used to something, isn't it? 🙂

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  16. This is a great tipe, thank you very much. Anyway I think I should make a suggestion about the Gazpacho recipe, imho you should 'warn' people that this is not the traditional recipe, although I'll try it too 🙂

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    • Hi Sonia, thanks for your feedback. Gazpacho has so many variations and my readers are pretty well-versed in food so I didn't feel it was necessary to state that it's not 100% traditional (especially since all that's missing is the bread). You'll see that most of my recipes have twists to them so I feel pretty safe that I did an okay job. I do hope you try it, though! 🙂

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  17. I love gazpacho! I often make it with canned tomatoes (the horror!) simply because they taste better than all but absolutely ripe seasonal tomatoes - which are so hard to find. Love the idea of the food rings! Great tip! Very nice post - thank you.

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    • Thanks, KR! I agree 100% about the tomatoes - winter tomatoes from the supermarket are just BAD. Canned is much better! Although nothing is better than a fresh summer tomato straight off the vine. I even love the way my hands smell after picking one.

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  18. I never used to be a big fan of gazpacho, but I just had a chilled tomato soup while on vacation that changed my mind. I think this will be the summer of gazpacho for me! Love the idea of freezing some for when the fresh tomatoes are gone, and your garnish is gorgeous.

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    • Thanks so much, Lisa. I never used to be a fan either but my opinion changed a few years back. Now I can't get enough!

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  19. What a fabulous idea for gazpacho or soup!!! I LOVEEE your presentation! 🙂

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    • Thanks so much!!

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  20. I found this post though Pinterest. The photo was so beautiful that I just had to come here to read the recipe! Love it! And love your site :-).

    I would like to invite you to share this post (and your other posts 🙂 ) on a new photo based recipe sharing site that launched in May. The idea is simple: all recipe photographs are published within minutes of submission. And, of course, the images link back to the author's site.

    It's called RecipeNewZ (with Z) -

    I hope you get a chance to visit and to share some of your delicious posts with our viewers. It would be a pleasure to have you on board 🙂

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    • Thanks, I'll check it out!

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    • Agreed, Ally!

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  22. Hi, I found your blog through The Lady 8 Home. That's a lovely looking soup and I love the presentation. That would be so good for you. It's very cold here in Sydney at the moment (not to mention wet) so we're eating comfort foods. But I'll remember this recipe for our warmer months.

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    • Hi, HS - so happy you stopped by. I'm off to visit your site now, too 🙂

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  23. I have to admit, I never was a fan of this-but when I saw your pic and presentation with the avocado and veggies... I'm beginning to convert! Ohhh it looks so refreshing! Thanks for the tips as well- 🙂 looking forward to catching up with you soon - have an awesome day!

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    • Thanks Michelle!

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  24. I adore your presentation!! It looks so tempting! I have never tasted Gazpacho, didn't even know what it was until I started writing for my blog. This recipe looks so lovely, easy and fun to make. I think it's time I tried it.

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    • You'll love it, Minnie. It's summer in a bowl!

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  25. Thanks for the simple but awesome presentation tip! I am constantly trying to get better at presentation for food photos and always on the lookout for tips like this.

    Can you believe I've never made gazpacho? I can't wait to try your recipe and also freeze it. Pulling this out in the fall or winter would be a lovely taste of summer.

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    • I'm so happy you found it useful, Steph! Let me know how the freezing goes, too!

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  26. This is a great idea. I would like to poach it for a summer special at my restaurant when our local heirlooms start to peak this August-- will give credits & FB links. Do you mind? I'm always reluctant to feature gazpacho because the soup alone doesn't "look" up to the price point when you are using really good tomatoes, and it's is best with really good tomatoes.

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    • I don't mind at all, in fact I'm honored!

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  27. This looks amazing! Can you believe I've never tried gazpacho. I used to be quite fearful of tomatoes in fresh raw form, but after eating raw for a week....I fell in love! Now I can't wait to try gazpacho. Thanks for sharing!!

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    • Thanks, Denise! I had a completely raw meal at "Elizabeth's Gone Raw" in DC a couple of months ago and it was amazing!! I never knew raw food could be so tasty. You should definitely try gazpacho!

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  28. Oh, I love love love your presentation! What a neat idea for gazpacho or soup!

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    • Thanks Laura!

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