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
• Salt and freshly ground black pepper to taste
• 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