bland gazpacho

[Anonymous]

New Joy of Cooking has an excellent recipe. You need onion, bell pepper, jalapeno, red wine vinegar....

[Anonymous]

Rice wine vinegar? No.

It should be sherry vinegar!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Rice wine vinegar is more sweet than flavorful. Sherry, the traditional Spanish vinegar, has a distinct flavor.

Add a green pepper. It's the only time I ever cook with a green pepper and it does give that kick.

Nothing wrong with adding more salt. Gazpacho is cold which means more salt than usual as the chilled temperate dilutes flavor.

This. Green pepper is important.

[Anonymous]

Juice of 1 lime
Jalapeños
Worcestershire sauce
Balsamic vinegar
Hot sauce
A little salt and pepper
Cumin

Perfect!

[Anonymous]

Sometimes I add the tiniest amount of anchovy paste and it tastes great.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Juice of 1 lime
Jalapeños
Worcestershire sauce
Balsamic vinegar
Hot sauce
A little salt and pepper
Cumin

Perfect!

You are making gazpacho, not a bloody mary!

[Anonymous]

Sherry vinegar

[Anonymous]

Some of these concoctions are hair-raising.

[Anonymous]

I use a cubanelle pepper usually. But sherry wine vinegar is a must. I see yours turned out ok after all, but I wouldn't sub the sherry wine vinegar for balsamic and definitely not for rice. And a red onion has more flavor than a white or yellow onion.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Juice of 1 lime
Jalapeños
Worcestershire sauce
Balsamic vinegar
Hot sauce
A little salt and pepper
Cumin

Perfect!

You are making gazpacho, not a bloody mary!

I really try not to yuck someone else’s yum, but that was my thought exactly. Lime juice, balsamic, and jalapeño in gazpacho?? It’s Spanish, not some strange Italian-Mexican tomato concoction.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Juice of 1 lime
Jalapeños
Worcestershire sauce
Balsamic vinegar
Hot sauce
A little salt and pepper
Cumin

Perfect!

You are making gazpacho, not a bloody mary!

I really try not to yuck someone else’s yum, but that was my thought exactly. Lime juice, balsamic, and jalapeño in gazpacho?? It’s Spanish, not some strange Italian-Mexican tomato concoction.

Maybe that is why the OP is complaining that theirs is bland. This is similar to an Alton Brown’s recipe and it is very refreshing in the summer. And not bland. I love Bloody Marys.