True Spanish Gazpacho

Posted just now by Aubade on the PPK - I have to try this! Full credit to Aubade and to vegweb.com.

True Spanish Gazpacho (from vegweb.com with a little modification)

2 garlic cloves, peeled
6 tomatoes
1 bell pepper
1 cucumber
1/4 vinegar
1/2 cup oil
ice or water
salt and pepper to taste

Put tomatoes in boiling water for 30 seconds to 1 minute. (peels will start to split) Peel skins off tomatoes. Chop roughly, squeezing out seeds if desired. (discard seeds)

Roughly chop half of cucumber. (remove seeds if desired) Dice other half into small cubes.
Roughly chop pepper- dice half into small cubes if desired.

Put garlic cloves into food processor and whiz until finely minced.
Add tomatoes, half of cucumber and pepper (half or the whole thing, as desired).Whiz until smooth.

Add vinegar and whiz. Then add oil as motor is running and whiz until smooth. Add ice cubes or water to make a nice thin soup consistency.

Add reserved diced cucumber and peppers, plus salt and pepper to taste.

Serve cold with croutons.

Note: some people like red onion in their gazpacho, and it does taste good. If desired, you can add one small onion. You can either whiz the whole thing or whiz half then dice the other half small and add it for crunch at the end with the cucumber/pepper.