Gazpacho with blended ingredients.

Gazpacho with diced ingredients.

Ingredients for one variant of gazpacho.

Gazpacho soup, also known as gazpacho (or gaspacho in Portugal), is a cold, Spanish and Portuguese soup that is popular in warmer areas and during the summer, particularly in Spain's Andalusia and Portugal's Alentejo and Algarve regions. Gazpacho descends from an ancient Andalusian concoction based on a combination of stale bread, garlic, olive oil, salt, and vinegar — a cold breadsoup. With the Columbian Exchange beginning in 1492, the tomato and the bell pepper were brought to Europe. Image File history File linksMetadata Tomato_gazpacho. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Tomato_gazpacho. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Download high-resolution version (2862x1908, 4288 KB) [edit] Summary [edit] Licensing File links The following pages on the English Wikipedia link to this file (pages on other projects are not listed): Gazpacho Metadata This file contains additional information, probably added from the digital camera or... Image File history File linksMetadata Download high-resolution version (2862x1908, 4288 KB) [edit] Summary [edit] Licensing File links The following pages on the English Wikipedia link to this file (pages on other projects are not listed): Gazpacho Metadata This file contains additional information, probably added from the digital camera or... Image File history File links Metadata Size of this preview: 800 × 600 pixelsFull resolution (1024 × 768 pixel, file size: 659 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... Image File history File links Metadata Size of this preview: 800 × 600 pixelsFull resolution (1024 × 768 pixel, file size: 659 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... Soup is usually a savoury liquid food that is made by combining ingredients, such as meat, vegetables and beans in stock or hot water, until the flavor is extracted, forming a broth. ... Motto: Andalucía por sí, para España y la humanidad (Andalusia by herself, for Spain, and for humankind) Capital Seville Official language(s) Spanish Area  â€“ Total  â€“ % of Spain Ranked 2nd  87,268 km²  17. ... NUTS II Alentejo region. ... Algarve NUTS II region, and the district of Faro in Portugal. ... Motto: Andalucía por sí, para España y la humanidad (Andalusia by herself, for Spain, and for humankind) Capital Seville Official language(s) Spanish Area  â€“ Total  â€“ % of Spain Ranked 2nd  87,268 km²  17. ... This page may meet Wikipedias criteria for speedy deletion. ... Binomial name Allium sativum L. Allium sativum L., commonly known as garlic, is a species in the onion family Alliaceae. ... Olive oil is a fruit oil obtained from the olive (Olea europaea), a traditional tree crop of the Mediterranean Basin. ... For other uses, see Salt (disambiguation). ... Sherry Vinegar, or more properly Vinagre de Jerez, is a gourmet wine vinegar made from Sherry. ... Inca-era terraces on Taquile are used to grow traditional Andean staples, such as quinua and potatoes, alongside wheat, a European import. ... Not to be confused with 1492: Conquest of Paradise. ... Binomial name L. Synonyms Lycopersicon lycopersicum Lycopersicon esculentum Percentages are relative to US recommendations for adults. ... Binomial name Capsicum annuum L. For green peppercorns, see Black pepper. ...

While tomato is an important ingredient of a common form of gazpacho, the original ingredients, mentioned above, not tomato, are those which define gazpacho^[1]. In Andalusia, there are several types of gazpacho and many do not include tomato as an ingredient. One very popular type of gazpacho is white gazpacho or ajo blanco malagueño, made principally with almonds, bread, garlic, vinegar and oil.

A completely different approach for this recipe is gazpacho manchego. As the name implies, it seems to have originated from the La Mancha region of Spain, but it is also popular in other areas in the center and southwest of the country. Instead of a cold soup, it is a warm stew. The main ingredients are meat (rabbit in many cases) and bread (a special kind of flat bread), and may also include mushrooms. Thanks to Miguel de Cervantes, La Mancha is famous for its windmills. ... Beef Stew A stew is a common dish made of vegetables (particularly potatoes or beans), meat, poultry, or seafood cooked in some sort of broth or sauce. ... Genera Pentalagus Bunolagus Nesolagus Romerolagus Brachylagus Sylvilagus Oryctolagus Poelagus Rabbits are small mammals in the family Leporidae of the order Lagomorpha, found in several parts of the world. ... Flatbread is a simple, usually unleaved bread made without yeast or sourdough. ... Basidiocarps (mushrooms) of the fungus Leucocoprinus sp. ...

The soup is also classically accompanied by hard boiled egg^[2]. The garnishes are served separately, in little bowls, to be added as desired. Occasionally, restaurants in western Spain serve a tomato gazpacho garnished with small cubes of the local ham (e.g. jamón serrano, jamón de bellota, etc.). This is common in Extremadura, where much high-quality ham is produced (under the official Instituto Nacional de Denominaciones de Origin classification Dehesa de Extremadura or Extremadura Range). On menus in certain Extremaduran restaurants, gazpacho with local ham is called gazpacho extremeño. The ham tends to be added to the soup in the kitchen prior to serving (unlike the other garnishes which are provided in separate dishes and added at the table). Ham with cloves Technically, ham is the thigh and rump of any animal that is slaughtered for meat, but the term is usually restricted to a cut of pork, the haunch of a pig or boar. ... Capital Mérida Area  â€“ Total  â€“ % of Spain Ranked 5th  41 634 km²  8,2% Population  â€“ Total (2005)  â€“ % of Spain  â€“ Density Ranked 12th  1 083 879  2,5%  26,03/km² Demonym  â€“ English  â€“ Spanish  â€”  extremeño/a, castúo Statute of Autonomy February 26, 1983 ISO 3166-2 EX Parliamentary representation...

Pop culture

• In Spanish director Pedro Almodóvar's 1988 comedy, Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown, a barbiturate-laced pitcher of gazpacho provides a crucial plot element.

Pedro Almodóvar Caballero (pronounced ) (born September 24, 1951, in Calzada de Calatrava, Spain) is a Spanish film director, screenwriter and producer. ... Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown (Mujeres al borde de un ataque de nervios) is a 1988 Spanish comedy film written and directed by Pedro Almodóvar, starring Carmen Maura and Antonio Banderas. ... Barbiturates are drugs that act as central nervous system depressants, and by virtue of this they produce a wide spectrum of effects, from mild sedation to anesthesia. ...

See also

• vichyssoise

Vichyssoise ([1], commonly mispronounced ) is a French-style soup made of pureed leeks, onions, potatoes, cream, and chicken stock. ...

External links

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• The Celluloid Pantry: Spiked Gazpacho and Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown (Spain, 1988)

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