Servings
6 s
Ingredients
- 3 pounds Ripe tomatoes, roughly chopped
- 1 Red or yellow bell pepper, seeded, stemmed, and roughly chopped. DO NOT USE GREEN BELL PEPPER!
- 2 Pickling (Kirby) cucumbers, peeled and roughly chopped
- 4 Slices good stale white bread, crusts removed
- 6 cups Cold water
- 1 large Or 2 sm cloves garlic, peeled
- 1/4 cup Sherry or good wine vinegar, or to taste
- 1/2 cup Olive oil
- Garlic croutons, if desired for garnish
Directions
- Mince a bit of the tomato, pepper, and cucumber for garnish, and set aside.
- Soak bread in a cup of the water for 5 minutes, then squeeze out excess water.
- Place bread in a blender or food processor with the remaining tomato, pepper, cucumber and water, garlic and vinegar; process until smooth, then add olive oil slowly with machine running.
- Season to taste with salt and pepper and refrigerate until ready to serve.
- Before serving, check seasoning again, and garnish with reserved tomato, pepper, cucumber, and garlic croutons.
- From Gemini’s MASSIVE MealMaster collection at www.synapse.com/~gemini