Avocado Gazpacho

14 ingredients
8 steps

Ingredients

  • 2 large or 3 small, perfectly ripe avocadoes
  • 1/2 cucumber
  • 1 green pepper, hulled and deseeded
  • 1 green chili, hulled and deseeded
  • 1 Spanish onion, skinned
  • 1 clove garlic, peeled
  • 1 pint cold, pure water
  • 1 tsp (5 ml) salt
  • Small bunch fresh cilantro
  • Juice of 1 lime or lemon
  • 1/2 cup (125 ml) sour cream
  • 1 lime, quartered
  • rough salt
  • chilled tequila (optional)

Directions

  1. 1
    Skin, halve, and stone avocadoes.
  2. 2
    Roughly chop cucumber, pepper, chili, onion and garlic; put them in blender (or vegetable juicer, if available) with the water and process thoroughly.
  3. 3
    Strain, pressing well to extract all the juices.
  4. 4
    Return strained liquid to blender with avocado flesh, cilantro leaves (leaving a few for decoration), lime juice and salt.
  5. 5
    Process to puree, adjust seasoning, bearing in mind people will have their own salt and lime quarters.
  6. 6
    Serve chilled, topped with a dollop of sour cream, lime quarters and rough salt.
  7. 7
    Accompany with little glasses of tequila, either to sip with lime and salt, or to stir directly into the soup.
  8. 8
    (optional)

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