White Gazpacho With Corn And Crabmeat Food

CHEF JOHN'S WHITE GAZPACHO

Steps:

• Heat 1 tablespoon olive oil in a saucepan over medium-low heat. Cook and stir leeks until soft, 10 to 15 minutes. Remove to a plate and allow to cool.
• Place cucumbers in a blender with grapes, almonds, 1 tablespoon olive oil, salt, creme fraiche, bread cubes, vinegar, cooled leeks, and water. Puree until smooth, about 1 minute. Strain through a fine mesh sieve. Cover and chill for 1 to 2 hours.
• Taste and season with salt and cayenne pepper. If needed, add some more vinegar. Serve garnished with dill oil (see note), thinly sliced grapes, slivered almonds, and fresh dill.

CHILLED WHITE GAZPACHO

Steps:

• Place almonds, pine nuts, garlic, grapes, grape juice, water, and bread in a blender and puree until smooth. Strain the mixture into a bowl. Chill the soup for at least 30 minutes.
• Remove soup from refrigerator and fold the whipped heavy cream into the soup. Finish with a few tablespoons each of the verjus and walnut oil. Ladle into serving bowls and garnish each with chives, almonds and grapes, if desired.

WHITE GAZPACHO WITH CORN AND CRABMEAT

Steps:

• Process the almonds, garlic, and salt in a food processor or blender until finely ground.
• Add the vinegar and process.
• Remove the crust from the bread, and soak in the water.
• Wring out the water, reserving the water, and add bread to the processor
• Process until reduced to a fine paste. As motor runs, dribble the olive oil into the paste.
• Add one cup of the reserved water, and process. Remove to a large bowl.
• Add the corn and the grapes to processor and puree.
• Stir into the almond mixture.
• Whisk in enough of the remaining water to make the soup slightly thicker than you want it when serving. Press mixture through a fine sieve.
• Press hard on solids, and then discard them.
• Chill soup and season with salt, white pepper and additional vinegar to taste.
• While soup chills:
• Preheat oven to 400
• line two sheets. Toss grapes with a teaspoon of oil, and put in one sheet.
• Toss tomatoes with the other teaspoon of oil, and put in other sheet.
• bake grapes and tomatoes switching position of pans halfway through baking, until wrinkled and slightly caramelized (about 30 minutes).
• place grapes and tomatoes in a large bowl.
• Toss in the corn and the crabmeat.
• Stir Gazpacho and ladle into chilled bowls, then divide crab mixture between the bowls.

WHITE GAZPACHO

Steps:

• Mix the ice water and bread in a blender. Let stand for 5 minutes. Add the cucumber, yellow pepper, scallion, garlic, oil and vinegar, and blend until chunky. Sprinkle with salt and pepper. Let the gazpacho chill for at least 1 hour.
• Divide the gazpacho among bowls and drizzle with the yogurt and basil.

RED AND WHITE GAZPACHO

Steps:

• For the gazpacho: In a blender, combine the cucumbers, verjus blanc or grape juice, fennel, grapes, almonds, apples, honey, vinegar, lime juice and salt to taste. Purée until smooth. With the blender on low, stream in the olive oil to emulsify. Adjust the seasonings. Strain the soup through a fine-mesh strainer into a bowl or large liquid measuring cup. If serving immediately, chill in an ice bath until cold. Otherwise, chill the soup in the refrigerator until ready to serve. Season with additional salt.
• Create small piles of the julienned watermelon and apples in the center of each of four bowls, then scatter the sliced grapes around the piles. Ladle the soup around the piles. Garnish with the fennel fronds. Serve immediately.

WHITE GAZPACHO

Steps:

• Pare and seed cucumbers; cut into cubes so that you have about 3 cups of cubed cucumber.
• In blender (preferably) or food processor, blend cucumber with 1/2 cup broth until smooth.
• In medium bowl, combine cucumber mixture, remaining broth, sour cream, lemon juice, granulated garlic, and pepper; mix well.
• Season to taste with salt.
• Chill in refrigerator for at least 2 hours.
• Garnish as desired.
• Keep any left over soup in refrigerator.

WHITE GAZPACHO (SPAIN)

Steps:

• In two batches, purée all the ingredients except for the almonds and grapes in a food processor.
• Combine both batches in a large bowl and refrigerate for several hours or overnight.
• Immediately before serving, garnish individual servings with the slivered almonds and grapes.

GAZPACHO WITH CUMIN, BASIL, AND CRABMEAT

Steps:

• Place the tomatoes, garlic, cucumber, onion, bell pepper, cayenne, cumin, vinegar, and oil in a blender or food processor fitted with the metal blade and puree on high for 1 minutes, or until the mixture reaches the consistency of tomato soup.
• Season with salt and pepper, cover, and chill in the refrigerator for at least 1 hour.
• Place four glass serving bowls in the freezer to chill.
• Refrigerate the crabmeat until ready to use.
• When the soup is thoroughly chilled, remove from the refrigerator and stir well.
• Pour equal portions into the four chilled bowls.
• Spoon an equal portion of crabmeat into the center of each and sprinkle with the minced basil.
• Serve immediately.