bland gazpacho

[Anonymous]

What do I do to it? Blender full. Used orange tomatoes since I had so many of them. A good cucumber. 2 pieces of white bread, no crust. rice wine vinegar, salt ...some onion and 2 garlic thingies. Help?

[Anonymous]

Jalapeño or something with a little kick. I dont do spice well but add a half a jalapeño or a Poblano pepper to my gazpacho and it makes a huge difference.

[Anonymous]

Green pepper
Balsamic vinegar
Really good olive oil

[Anonymous]

yes to a spicier pepper, like poblano or jalepeno.

a bit more salt or vinegar could also do the trick.

I never put onion in my gazpacho.

[Anonymous]

Peppers for sure. No bread!

[Anonymous]

oh yes the olive oil is VERY important!

[Anonymous]

Garlic thingies? Do you mean a bulb or a clove? 2 cloves is not much for a blender full.

[Anonymous]

Worcestershire sauce
Red wine vinegar
Tobasco sauce

[Anonymous]

Red wine vinegar or sherry vinegar

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Garlic thingies? Do you mean a bulb or a clove? 2 cloves is not much for a blender full.

‘Garlic thingies’ made me suspicious of OP’s facility with seasoning.

And yes that’s far too little garlic.

[Anonymous]

you guys work fast! Thank you! Yes, 2 cloves. my mom called them "toes" which is worse.

I have a spicy pepper and have added no pepper yet. I have very good balsamic so i'll add that but it won't stay yellow. sad face. I'll add more garlic, no problem and salt.

How much SALT for a blender full?

I'm a great cook but i'm not great at making not cooked foods or baking.

[Anonymous]

gazpacho is bland. a lot of spanish food is bland. there's nothing wrong with your gazpacho!

the "kick" comes from really good quality olive oil that has a bit of a "bite" which you can't easily find in the us, and sherry vinegar.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:you guys work fast! Thank you! Yes, 2 cloves. my mom called them "toes" which is worse.

I have a spicy pepper and have added no pepper yet. I have very good balsamic so i'll add that but it won't stay yellow. sad face. I'll add more garlic, no problem and salt.

How much SALT for a blender full?

I'm a great cook but i'm not great at making not cooked foods or baking.

did you forget the olive oil? it’s essential

and you need a stronger acid than rice vinegar! there’s your problem. I would NOT use balsamic- too sweet. do a regular red wine vinegar or similar.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:gazpacho is bland. a lot of spanish food is bland. there's nothing wrong with your gazpacho!

the "kick" comes from really good quality olive oil that has a bit of a "bite" which you can't easily find in the us, and sherry vinegar.

Not exactly bland, but not always highly spiced compared to say Indian food. But it should still have a good balance of flavors.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:you guys work fast! Thank you! Yes, 2 cloves. my mom called them "toes" which is worse.

I have a spicy pepper and have added no pepper yet. I have very good balsamic so i'll add that but it won't stay yellow. sad face. I'll add more garlic, no problem and salt.

How much SALT for a blender full?

I'm a great cook but i'm not great at making not cooked foods or baking.

did you forget the olive oil? it’s essential

and you need a stronger acid than rice vinegar! there’s your problem. I would NOT use balsamic- too sweet. do a regular red wine vinegar or similar.

I used good olive oil. Yes. I only have white and rice wine vinegar. well, and balsamic. I used it last time with stronger tomatoes and it worked out.
--OP