GASPACHO à ALENTEJANA (GAZPACHO ALENTEJO'S WAY)

Gaspacho à Alentejana (Gazpacho Alentejo's Way) image

Provided by coolinaria

Time 15m

Yield 4 serving(s)

Number Of Ingredients 11

3 garlic cloves
1 1/2 tablespoons rock salt
3 tablespoons olive oil
3 tablespoons vinegar
2 ripe tomatoes
1/2 cucumber
1/2 green pepper
dried oregano leaves
200 g stale old country bread (this bread doesn't crumb very easily)
pepper
1 1/2 liters ice water (can substitute for tomato juice)

Steps:

In a pestle and mortar smash garlic cloves with salt. Put the resulting paste in a terrine. Add olive oil and vinegar and season with pepper.
Puree one tomato in the blender. Add to the terrine. Cut in small dices the other tomato, green pepper and cucumber and add to the terrine. Pour 1 1/2 liter of iced water. Season with oreganos and add bread cut up in dices. Wait 15 minutes and eat. Good to acompaign fried fish, presunto or chouriço.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 251.6, Fat 11.8, SaturatedFat 1.8, Sodium 316.9, Carbohydrate 31.2, Fiber 2.7, Sugar 2.8, Protein 5.5