White Gazpacho - Green Thumb Nursery

Ingredient:

2 cups of crustless stale bread, broken into pieces
2 cups chicken or vegetable stock (use vegetable stock for vegan or vegetarian version)
1 1/2 teaspoons salt
1 cup slivered blanched almonds (must be blanched, the skins are bitter)
2 cups green seedless grapes, sliced in half
2 cucumbers, peeled, seeded and chopped
1-3 chopped garlic cloves (depending on how garlicky you want the result to be)
2-3 tablespoons sherry vinegar or cider vinegar
1/4 cup extra virgin olive oil
Chives for garnish

Preparation:

Heat stock, add bread: Heat the stock until it’s steamy. Turn off the heat and add to the stock the broken up pieces of stale bread. Let cool.
Grind almonds with salt and garlic: Put the almonds, salt and garlic in a food processor and pulse until the almonds are pulverized.
Add bread, stock, grapes, and cucumbers, purée: Add the soaked bread and any stock that was not absorbed by the bread into the food processor, then add the grapes and cucumbers. Pulse until the mixture is a rough purée.
Add vinegar: Add 2 tablespoons of the vinegar and pulse a few seconds to combine. Taste and add the other tablespoon if it needs it – grapes can sometimes be acidic enough to leave out the final tablespoon of vinegar.
Drizzle in olive oil while food processor is running: With the motor running, drizzle in the olive oil. Turn off the motor and taste the gazpacho. Add more salt if needed.
Chill before serving, garnish with chopped chives.

Yield:
6-8 servings

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