Showing posts with label cucumbers. Show all posts
Showing posts with label cucumbers. Show all posts

Thursday, October 9, 2014

Gazpacho

I didn't cook a thing.

GAZPACHO

Serves 25 people.


8 pounds                          Tomato, cored (Cut the white core away from the sides of the tomato)
5 pounds                          Roma tomato, cored
4                                      Cucumber, peeled, halved and seeded
3                                      Green bell pepper, halved, cored and seeded
1                                      Red bell pepper, halved, cored and seeded
4 small                             Red onion, peeled and halved
8                                       Garlic cloves, peeled
4 large                              Long green peppers, stemmed and halved lengthwise
1 1/2 cups                         Extra virgin olive oil
8 tablespoons                    Red wine vinegar
4 tablespoons                    Basil, finely minced
4 tablespoons                    Parsley, finely minced
                                         Kosher salt and ground black pepper
                                         For garnish, chopped chives and Tabasco


All of the Ingredients
  1. Roughly chop 6 pounds of tomatoes, 4 Roma tomatoes, 3 pounds cucumbers, 2 pounds green bell pepper, 1/2 pound red bell pepper, 3 small red onion and place in large bowl. Add garlic, long green peppers, and 6 teaspoons salt and toss until well combined. Set aside for 1 hour.
  2. Dice remaining tomatoes, Roma tomato, cucumber, green bell pepper, red bell pepper and red onion into 1/4-inch pieces and place in medium bowl. Toss with 2 teaspoons of salt and transfer to strainer set over medium bowl. Set aside for 1 hour. 
  3. Roughly chopped mix: Use a Vitamix on the 6-8 speed setting. Pour a 1/4 cup of olive oil SLOWLY into the hole in the lid. Blend until liquified. *The whole mix will not fit into the blender at one time. You will need to pour the liquified mix into a bowl and then add more of the roughly chopped mixture into the Vitamix. Repeat until the whole mixture has been through the Vitamix.
  4.  Diced mix: Add red wine vinegar, basil, parsley, kosher salt and ground black pepper.
  5. Add the diced mixture into the liquified mixture and stir.
  6. Freeze the soup (about 4-5 quarts) if you aren't eating it. If you are eating it, chill and serve cold.
  7. Garnish with chopped chives and Tabasco.



Vitamix

Roughly Chopped Mixture before the Vitamix


















I USE ONLY MY LEFT HAND!!!






Diced Mixture







Gazpacho









Thursday, September 18, 2014

Cucumbers, Heavy Cream and Vinegar

It doesn't need cooking!!!

CUCUMBERS, HEAVY CREAM AND VINEGAR


Serves 6 people.


Cucumbers, cream & vinegar

2                              Cucumbers, cut in half, sliced in 1/4'
1 cup                        Heavy cream
1/2 cup                     Vinegar, distilled white
                                 Parsley for garnish
                                 Salt and pepper



  1. Put the sliced up cucumbers into a bowl. Cover up the cucumbers with heavy cream and vinegar. Add salt and pepper to taste. Stir together.
  2. Parsley for garnish. 
  3. Put in refrigerator and chill over night. 
  4. Serve.







I USE ONLY MY LEFT HAND!!!