To help reduce food waste in the kitchen, you can make this recipe using leftover stale bread. It’s a useful way to make use of old bread that’s now too tough to eat on its own. If you don’t have any stale bread, however, simply opt for a good quality French white bread and remove the crusts.
When toasting the almonds, make sure you only lightly toast these nuts. If you overtoast the almonds, you will end up with an unwanted bitter flavor in the soup. As a result, some chefs prefer to blanch the almonds instead, to remove the skin for a smoother flavor.
Cucumber is the ideal ingredient for a refreshing appetizer and start to a dinner party with friends and family. Have a read of our guide to the best cucumber appetizers, including an elegant cucumber and dill salad for inspiration on how to use up any leftover cucumber in your kitchen.
Ingredient Substitutions and Variations
Gazpacho is perhaps one of the most famous Spanish recipes globally, and traditionally is made with a base of Mediterranean ingredients including tomatoes, garlic, onion, red peppers, olive oil, and vinegar. This white gazpacho is already a variation on the traditional recipe, but you can twist it further. For example, try substituting in other ingredients, such as sherry vinegar, to add a complex, tangy note, or red chili flakes, for a kick of heat. You can also add chicken or vegetable stock to a white gazpacho soup mix, to deepen the flavor. And, if you want to make a white gazpacho yogurt cucumber and tomato recipe, then it’s easy enough to mix a few tomatoes into this dish to nod to the original recipe.
Further afield, there are plenty of creative variations on a gazpacho. If you’re making this during the warmer weather, try your hand at a mango gazpacho. The sweetness of the mango balances the acidity of the other vegetables in the recipe, along with the vinegar, for a colorful appetizer.
How to Plate and Garnish
Gazpacho is traditionally served in a refined manner, either in your favorite soup bowl, or sometimes over ice in a tall glass. To garnish, you can keep it simple with a small pinch of salt to season, or add a drizzle of sherry vinegar and a sprinkle of red chili flakes. Chives also work well as a colorful and inviting garnish, adding a final freshness to the soup. If you want to introduce a crunchy texture, croutons are often found mixed into bowls of delicious gazpacho prior to serving.
Gazpacho is a classic soup to master at home, and once you’ve perfected this recipe, try making traditional soups from all around the world. From Vietnamese pho to Japanese miso soup, there’s never any need for a midweek soup meal to be considered dull.
