Best Watermelon Gazpacho Recipes

WATERMELON GAZPACHO

Steps:

• In a blender, puree the tomatoes, chile, and 1/2 of the watermelon. Pour in the red wine vinegar and olive oil and pulse. Add the onion, cucumber and dill and season with salt and pepper. Puree until smooth. Pour into chilled bowls and sprinkle with dill, feta, and remaining watermelon. Serve.

WATERMELON GAZPACHO

Steps:

• Puree 3 cups watermelon in a blender. Cut remaining watermelon into 1/2-inch pieces; set aside., In a large bowl, combine the watermelon puree, lime juice, lime zest, ginger and salt. Stir in the tomato, cucumber, green pepper, cilantro, onion, jalapeno and cubed watermelon. Chill until serving. If desired, serve with wedge of watermelon.

TOMATO-WATERMELON GAZPACHO WITH AVOCADO

Steps:

• In a blender combine tomatoes, 1/2 cup watermelon, bread, cucumber, onion, garlic, salt, pepper and ice cube. Purée until smooth. Slowly drizzle in the olive oil. Chill in refrigerator until very cold, at least 30 minutes.
• Serve, garnished with remaining chopped watermelon and avocado.

JULIA'S WATERMELON GAZPACHO

Steps:

• Reserve 20 small pieces of watermelon for garnish. Working in batches, place the remaining watermelon, the cucumbers, red bell peppers, onion, jalapeno pepper, lemon juice, olive oil, 3 tablespoons of fresh mint, the ginger, honey, and pineapple juice into a blender, and blend for about 30 seconds per batch. The mixture should be well blended but retain some texture. Pour into a large pitcher or bowl, and refrigerate 1 hour. Serve in bowls, and garnish each bowl with a couple of chunks of the retained watermelon and 2 small mint leaves.

WATERMELON GAZPACHO

Steps:

• Combine 5 cups watermelon and the cranberry juice in the jar of a blender, and puree until mixture is smooth. Pass through a fine sieve into a large bowl or plastic storage container, discarding pulp. You should have 3 cups strained liquid.
• Add cucumber, celery, bell pepper, onion, herbs, lime juice, vinegar, jalapeno, and remaining cup chopped melon to watermelon liquid, and stir to combine. Cover with plastic wrap, and place in refrigerator until soup is well chilled, at least 1 hour. Serve, or store in refrigerator up to 1 day.

WATERMELON AND CUCUMBER GAZPACHO

Steps:

• Puree 4 cups watermelon in blender until smooth.
• Transfer puree to large bowl.
• Add remaining 1 cup diced watermelon and next 10 ingredients; stir to combine.
• Cover gazpacho and refrigerate until cold, at least 1 hour and up to 4 hours.
• Divide gazpacho among bowls and top with dollop of crème fraîche or sour cream.
• Makes 4 servings.
• Bon Appétit.
• August 2005.

WATERMELON GAZPACHO

Steps:

• Working in batches, purée all of the ingredients except the garnish in a blender for two minutes or longer until frothy and smooth. Taste and adjust seasonings, making sure you have used enough salt and lemon juice for a vivid flavor. Transfer to a bowl, and chill for several hours. Taste and adjust seasonings. Serve, garnishing each bowl with thinly sliced celery or, if serving in glasses, with a thin lengthwise slice of celery stick.

WATERMELON GAZPACHO

Steps:

• Process 1/2 cup of watermelon, along with the orange juice and oil, in a blender or food processor until pureed. Transfer to a medium bowl, along with remaining ingredients. Season with salt and pepper to taste. Refrigerate until ready to serve. (Can be made several hours before serving.)

WATERMELON GAZPACHO WITH SHRIMP

Steps:

• Slice the bread 1/4 to 1/2 inch thick and remove the crust from all but 4 slices. Tear the crustless slices into pieces and pulse in a food processor to make coarse crumbs. Add the chopped watermelon to the food processor along with the chopped scallion, tomato, half each of the cucumber and jalapeno and 1/4 cup cold water; puree. With the machine running, gradually add 1/3 cup olive oil and the juice of 1 lime. Stir in 2 tablespoons mint, 1 teaspoon salt and a few grinds of pepper. Cover and refrigerate until ready to serve.
• Heat a grill pan over medium-high heat and brush with olive oil. Toss the shrimp and whole scallions with the juice of the remaining lime and 2 tablespoons each olive oil and mint, the garlic, 1/4 teaspoon salt and a few grinds of pepper. Grill the shrimp until marked, about 3 minutes. Flip and continue grilling until cooked through, about 2 more minutes. Grill the scallions until lightly charred, 1 minute per side. Brush the remaining bread slices with olive oil and grill until toasted, 1 to 2 minutes per side.
• Top each serving of gazpacho with the diced watermelon and the remaining cucumber and jalapeno; drizzle with olive oil. Serve with the grilled shrimp, scallions, bread and lime wedges.

GRILLED WATERMELON GAZPACHO

Steps:

• Brush 1 tablespoon olive oil over watermelon slices, tomato, cucumber and jalapeno; grill, covered, on a greased grill rack over medium-high direct heat until seared, 5-6 minutes on each side. Remove from heat, reserving one watermelon slice., When cool enough to handle, remove rind from remaining watermelon slices; cut flesh into chunks. Remove skin and seeds from tomato and jalapeno; chop. Coarsely chop cucumber. Combine grilled vegetables; add 1/4 cup onion, vinegar, lime juice and seasonings. Process in batches in a blender until smooth, adding remaining olive oil during final minute. If desired, strain through a fine-mesh strainer; adjust seasonings as needed. Refrigerate, covered, until chilled., To serve, pour gazpacho into bowls or glasses. Top with diced avocado and remaining onion. Cut reserved watermelon slice into wedges. Garnish bowls or glasses with wedges.

WATERMELON TOMATO GAZPACHO

Steps:

• Seed and puree the watermelon.
• Then combine the watermelon puree with the diced watermelon, tomato, cucumber, bell pepper, lime juice, parsley, ginger, jalapeno, green onion, bitters and salt. Note the authors recommend you use a large bowl but you see that empty watermelon shell over there? Hey it makes a great serving container and you don't have to wash it.
• Stir to combine.
• Season with pepper and salt to taste. Use any other desired seasonings to taste.
• Serve with chilled serving bowls or chill for approx four hours then serve or using a large bowl, place in chilled serving bowls and serve immediately.
• Note: Parsley leaves should be one small handful. the bitters are NOT optional.
• Original was from the Philadelphia Inq. 7/13/05.

WATERMELON AND CUCUMBER GAZPACHO

Steps:

• Puree 4 cups watermelon in blender until smooth. Transfer puree to large bowl. Add remaining 1 cup diced watermelon and next 10 ingredients; stir to combine. Cover gazpacho and refrigerate until cold, at least 1 hour and up to 4 hours.
• Divide gazpacho among bowls; top with dollop of crème fraîche.

WATERMELON GAZPACHO

Steps:

• Seed 1 cup watermelon chunks and cut into small dice. Purée remaining watermelon in a blender (in batches if necessary). Pour purée through a sieve into a bowl, pressing on solids, and discard seeds.
• Return juice to blender and blend together with ice, almonds, and garlic (in batches if necessary) until smooth. Add bread, vinegar, salt, and pepper to taste and blend, adding oil in a slow stream, until smooth.
• Top with diced watermelon.

WATERMELON GAZPACHO WITH FETA CREMA

Steps:

• Gazpacho:
• Purée watermelon, tomato, cucumber, jalapeño, oil, and vinegar in a blender until smooth.
• Transfer gazpacho to a large bowl; season with kosher salt and pepper. Cover and chill at least 1 hour before serving.
• Do ahead: Gazpacho can be made 1 day ahead. Keep chilled.
• Crema and assembly:
• Preheat oven to 350°. Toast almonds on a rimmed baking sheet, tossing occasionally, until golden brown, about 8-10 minutes. (Alternatively, you can do this step in a dry small skillet over medium heat.) Let almonds cool, then coarsely chop.
• Mash feta into sour cream in a small bowl until mostly smooth, then whisk in milk.
• Divide watermelon and cucumber among bowls and pour gazpacho over. Top with crema and almonds, drizzle with oil, and season with sea salt and pepper.
• Do ahead: Crema can be made 1 day ahead. Cover and chill.

FRESH WATERMELON GAZPACHO

Steps:

• Put 6 cups watermelon, 1/2 of the cucumber, jalapeno pepper, and vinegar in a blender; blend until smooth. Pour gazpacho into a large bowl and stir remaining watermelon and cucumber into soup. Refrigerate until chilled, at least 30 minutes.
• Divide gazpacho among 4 bowls and top each with blueberries.

WHITE GAZPACHO WITH WATERMELON RIND

Steps:

• In a food processor, combine almonds, herbs, celery, tomatoes, garlic, bread and oil. Purée until smooth. Transfer mixture to a large bowl and return the used canister to the processor.
• If using thin-skinned cucumbers, cut in chunks. If using thick-skinned ones, like Kirbys, peel and seed, then cut in chunks.
• Working in batches if necessary, combine cucumbers, watermelon rind, vinegar and salt in the processor. Purée until smooth. Add to the other purée and whisk together well. Taste, adding salt and vinegar as needed. For a smoother texture, purée in a blender, in batches.
• Chill until very cold, at least 2 hours or overnight. Taste for salt again before serving.

WATERMELON TOMATO GAZPACHO

Steps:

• 1. Put the garlic in a food processor and pulse a few times to chop it. Add the watermelon, tomatoes, and lemon juice, with a sprinkling of salt and pepper. You have two choices here: chunky or smooth. It all depends on whether you turn the machine on and leave it on, or just pulse a few times. Add a few ice cubes, one at a time, just enough to keep the machine working, and blend or pulse until smooth or chunky. Put the gazpacho in the fridge to chill a bit if you like, up to several hours. 2. Just before serving, taste the gazpacho and add more salt, pepper, or lemon juice as needed (remember you’ll be adding feta, which is usually salty). Pour the gazpacho into 4 bowls, top with the feta, drizzle with a few drops of olive oil, garnish with the herb, and serve.

WATERMELON GAZPACHO WITH SHRIMP

Steps:

• Roughly chop all vegetables and watermelon. Puree half the amount in a food processor, place in large bowl. Pulse Puree the other half until everything is chopped finely or what ever texture you prefer.
• Stir in vinegars, lime juice, chopped mint and salt & pepper to taste.
• Garnish: Sauted shrimp, creme with lime juice and peach salsa

TYLER FLORENCE'S WATERMELON GAZPACHO

Steps:

• Puree tomatoes, watermelon, and chili.
• Add vinegar and olive oil; pulse.
• Fold in onion, cucumber, and dill.
• Sprinkle on salt and pepper to taste.
• Pour into shot glasses or small bowls.
• Garnish with extra dill and feta.
• Enjoy at room temperature.

WATERMELON GAZPACHO RECIPE BY TASTY

Steps:

• Add the watermelon, cucumber, bell pepper, jalapeño, mint, balsamic vinegar, salt, and pepper to a food processor or blender..
• While blending, slowly add the olive oil and continue blending until the mixture has reached your desired consistency.
• Transfer the soup to a large bowl and refrigerate for at least 30 minutes, or overnight, to allow the flavors to deepen.
• Serve the soup chilled and garnish with a slice of cucumber, a slice of jalapeño, and a sprig of mint.
• Enjoy!