Chilled Beet Gazpacho Food

BEET GAZPACHO RECIPE

Steps:

• Wash the beets and bring them to a boil in a pot with enough water to cover them. Cook them for about 40 minutes or until they are soft (you can put a knife inside without using force)
• Let them cool for 1 hour in the refrigerator, or put them in a bowl with cold water and ice to make this process faster. Once cool, peel them and cut them into cubes. You can also cut them into cubes before boiling, this will save you some cooking time.
• While your beet is cooling, grab the other listed vegetables, wash and chop. You don't need to peel them as the processor will take care of that.
• Once all the ingredients are ready, put the vegetables, bread, oil, vinegar, and seasonings in the blender or processor, and blend for about 5 minutes until it reaches the desired consistency.
• Put your beet gazpacho in a bowl and put it in the fridge for at least 1 hour, if you don't have that much time you can put it in the freezer for 30 minutes or eat it at room temperature.

GAZPACHO

Steps:

• Roughly chop the cucumbers, bell peppers, tomatoes, and red onions into 1-inch cubes. Put each vegetable separately into a food processor fitted with a steel blade and pulse until it is coarsely chopped. Do not overprocess!
• After each vegetable is processed, combine them in a large bowl and add the garlic, tomato juice, vinegar, olive oil, salt, and pepper. Mix well and chill before serving. The longer gazpacho sits, the more the flavors develop.

BEET GAZPACHO

Steps:

• Place beets in a medium pot and cover with water. Bring to a boil. Turn heat down to low and simmer until fork tender all the way through, about 60-90 minutes. Rinse with cold water.
• Once beets are cold, slip off their skins using your hands. Slice and place 3 of the 4 beets (saving one) in a blender with 2 cups cold water, or cold veggie stock). Add half of the chopped onion (about ⅛ cup) , 2 garlic cloves, 2 sliced Turkish cucumbers (saving one) salt, pepper, vinegar and about ⅔ of the fresh dill ( saving some for garnish). Blend until very smooth. Taste and adjust salt and vinegar. Place in the refrigerator until ready to serve.
• Prep the garnishes. Finely dice the remaining beet, cucumber, avocado and chop the remaining dill. Pour chilled beet soup (the colder it is, the better) into bowls. Top with the garnishes. Drizzle with a little olive oil or a swirl of yogurt or sour cream if you like. Serve immediately!

BEET AND TOMATO GAZPACHO

Steps:

• Put the onion slices in a bowl, cover with cold water and add a few drops of vinegar. Let sit for 5 minutes while you prepare the remaining ingredients. Drain and rinse with cold water. Cut in half or into smaller pieces.
• Working in two batches, blend all of the ingredients except the garnishes in a blender for 2 minutes or longer, until smooth and frothy. Transfer to a bowl or container (a metal bowl is the most efficient for chilling), thin out with more water if desired, and chill for at least 2 hours before eating. Garnish each bowl or glass with diced cucumber and slivered fresh mint leaves.

CHILLED BEET GAZPACHO

Steps:

• Steam beets until easily pierced with a knife, like half hour to 40 mins. Once cool enough to handle, slip them out of their skins by pinching them Combine all ingredients in a blender and puree Chill in the fridge for at least three hourse

PICKLED BEET GAZPACHO

Steps:

• Peel and seed the cucumber. Finely dice one-fourth of the cucumber and reserve for serving. Roughly chop the remaining cucumber and transfer to a blender.
• Add the pickled beets with their brine to the blender along with the tomatoes, shallots, garlic, ice water and a pinch each of salt and pepper. Puree until the gazpacho is very smooth. With the blender running, gradually add the olive oil until emulsified. Season the gazpacho with salt and pepper.
• Shred the egg on the large holes of a box grater or coarse grater. Pour the gazpacho into bowls, top with the shredded egg, finely diced cucumber and dill sprigs and serve.