double gazpacho (cucumber and tomato soup)
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This takes moments to make, and there's plenty of notes in the recipe to consider. Key thing with this is to taste as you go - especially the tomato sauce, it needs a good glug of salt.
This recipe is one of Antonio Carluccio's classics and we adore it. His book - Vegetables - is absolutely worth a pick up if you're trying to cut down your meat intake. But please, I've been trying to do that for years, yet man-love finds a way.
We work all of our recipe calories out using Nutracheck - remember your calorie count may be different depending on what brand of ingredients you use and all that, so calorie count is a rough guide only!
Ingredients
- two large cucumbers, peeled and cut into chunks
- two tablespoons of finely chopped fresh dill (see notes)
- three tablespoons of double cream
- one carton of chopped tomatoes with basil (390g)
- a handful of fresh basil leaves with a few more to scatter on the top because you're filth
- one little white onion, roughly chopped
- one tablespoon of decent olive oil
- salt and pepper
Instructions
- blitz the cucumber, dill and a good pinch of salt and pepper until smooth
- mix in the cream and then pop it in the fridge to cool
- blitz the tomatoes with the basil, onion, olive oil, salt and pepper until smooth
- pour the cucumber soup into a dish first and then carefully pour the tomato soup into the middle
- decorate with basil and more oil if you're that way inclined
Notes
Recipe
- we've used store-bought chopped tomatoes here for nothing other than speed - if you have the time, you'll find it so much nicer if you use some good-quality cherry tomatoes for the tomato part of this soup
- and listen, you: don't be keeping your tomatoes in the fridge, get them in a bowl on the windowsill, they should never be cold
- swap out the chopped tomatoes and basil for chopped tomatoes and chilli, and if you fancy, add a chopped red chilli in with the tomatoes - at least the cucumber will soothe your leather-doughnut as it comes out
- worth buying fresh herbs for this - repot the dill into an old can and water from the top to keep it going - basil should be placed on a saucer and watered from the bottom - it'll keep going for ages
Books
- our second book has been out for months now and it still gets excellent reviews - if you're after some new idea, this is the book for you - plus it's funny: order yours here!
- that's not to say book one is anything other than a ceaseless delight - 100 slimming recipes that doesn't feel like a diet: click here to order
- and if you're on a diet, you can track your progress using our diet planner: here
Tools
- we use a Nutrablend thingy these days but you can't go wrong with a simple hand-blender - Amazon have an excellent one for twelve quid
Courses soup, lunch
Cuisine Italian
Recipe by twochubbycubs at https://twochubbycubs.com/2021/10/03/double-gazpacho/