If you ever think that you are running out of summer soup ideas, then you have to remember that Southern Spain is filled with cold soup recipes.
One of them is the strawberry gazpacho, a fruity twist to the traditional gazpacho recipe that hits all the right notes.
Keep scrolling down this article to learn how to make the fruit gazpacho at home, along with some helpful tips to customize this Spanish soup recipe to your liking.
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Background of the Dish
As you might know by now, there are hundreds of chilled soup recipes in Andalusia, and some of them are a twist on the classic gazpacho recipe.
That is the case with the strawberry gazpacho, which has the same ingredients as the traditional one but you add the strawberries.
However, this change doesn’t turn the dish into a dessert, it is still a cold soup for lunch or dinner, but with a sweeter flavor.
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Things You’ll Need for Strawberry Gazpacho
To prepare this strawberry gazpacho you will need tomatoes, strawberries, onion, bell pepper, garlic, and cucumber as the main ingredients.
You will need a blender or a food processor to make this recipe (or any other similar kitchen appliance).
Ingredients
- 500g tomatoes
- 400g strawberries
- 1/4 cup (55ml) olive oil
- 1 tablespoon vinegar (Sherry vinegar, wine vinegar, or any vinegar you like)
- 1 cucumber
- 1 red bell pepper
- 1 onion
- 2 garlic cloves
- Salt and pepper
- Optional – Water (if you want it to be more liquid)
How to Make Strawberry Gazpacho – Step by Step Guide
- To start making the strawberry gazpacho recipe, you have to wash the tomatoes. Cut them and remove the seeds, you can also peel them if you prefer it that way.
- After that, wash the strawberries, and remove the stems and leaves (if any). Cut them into pieces. You don’t have to be precise with the size or shapes because they will go to the blender.
- Now you have to peel and cut the onion, cucumber, pepper, and garlic into small pieces.
- Then add everything to the blender or food processor, along with the olive oil and a tablespoon of vinegar. Start blending until you have a smooth and homogeneous consistency.
- Taste the strawberry gazpacho and add salt and pepper to taste. If you like it to be more liquid, you can add water little by little until it reaches the desired consistency.
- Take the strawberry tomato gazpacho to the fridge to cool for 30 minutes to two hours. Serve it cold.
Substitution of Ingredients
We love making summer cold soups recipes because you can play a lot with the ingredients, and you will still get a fantastic gazpacho as a result.
For this strawberry gazpacho, you can switch the proportion between strawberry and tomato according to your liking.
You can also remove the garlic, onion, pepper, and cucumber if you want it to be a sweeter gazpacho.
Lastly, if you don’t like strawberries at all, then you can try other easy cold soup recipes like the cold peach soup, mango gazpacho, or cherry gazpacho.
Tips on Serving Strawberry Gazpacho
We know that strawberry gazpacho might sound like a dessert due to the fruit component, but it is a main or a side dish that you can serve at lunch or dinner.
This is a chilled tomato gazpacho so you should serve it cold (you can speed up the cooling process by doing it in the freezer, but be careful not to freeze your gazpacho).
You can technically turn this into a dessert fruit gazpacho recipe if you remove the onion, pepper, garlic, and cucumber, but that isn’t the classic way of serving it.
To make this the best gazpacho you can serve it with chopped toasted nuts, or a slice of bread toasted with olive oil.
There are other delicious Spanish cold soups with fruits like pineapple gazpacho, watermelon gazpacho or cantaloupe gazpacho.
The peach gazpacho and gazpacho de mango are must-try gazpachos with fruit, that are so tasty you will always want to make them.
How to Store Strawberry Gazpacho
When it comes to healthy cold soups, the ones that can be stored for longer are those that have a cream or dairy base.
The strawberry gazpacho can be stored in the fridge for up to 4 days, and it can’t be frozen.
If you freeze the gazpacho it will crystalize and get a weird texture, so we don’t recommend it.
Still, the Spanish cold tomato soup is super easy to make and it only takes a few minutes, so it is better to serve it as fresh as possible.
Recipe Card: Strawberry Gazpacho
Tasty Strawberry Gazpacho Recipe
If you ever think that you are running out of summer soup ideas, then you have to remember that Southern Spain is filled with cold soup recipes.
One of them is the strawberry gazpacho, a fruity twist to the traditional gazpacho recipe that hits all the right notes.
Keep scrolling down this article to learn how to make the Fruit gazpacho at home, along with some helpful tips to customize this recipe to your liking.
Ingredients
- 500g tomatoes
- 400g strawberries
- 1/4 cup (55ml) olive oil
- 1 tablespoon vinegar (Sherry vinegar, wine vinegar, or any vinegar you like)
- 1 cucumber
- 1 red bell pepper
- 1 onion
- 2 garlic cloves
- Salt and pepper
- Optional - Water (if you want it to be more liquid)
Instructions
- Wash the tomatoes. Cut them and remove the seeds.
- Wash the strawberries, and remove the stems and leaves (if any). Cut them into pieces.
- Peel and cut the onion, cucumber, pepper, and garlic also into small pieces.
- Add everything to the blender or food processor, along with the olive oil and a tablespoon of vinegar. Start blending until you have a smooth consistency.
- Taste the gazpacho and add salt and pepper to taste. If you like it to be more liquid, you can add water little by little until it reaches the desired consistency.
- Take it to the fridge to cool for 30 minutes to two hours. Serve it cold.
Notes
To prepare this gazpacho fruit recipe you don't need to add much water due to the water content of the tomato and strawberry, but you can add a little bit of a more liquid soup.
The key to getting the best summer gazpacho is to cool it, and it is better to cool it between 30 minutes to 2 hours.
Nutrition Information
Yield
5Serving Size
1Amount Per Serving Calories 158Total Fat 10gSaturated Fat 1gCholesterol 0mgSodium 9mgCarbohydrates 16gFiber 3gSugar 9gProtein 2g
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