Glorious Gazpacho

By Thom7747

I am not normally a cold soup lover. However, I do make an exception in this instance. Since I fancy tomatoes, this soup is definitely to my liking. If you like tomatoes then you will also like it.

Ingredients

• 1/4 cup olive oil
• 2 tablespoons lemon juice
• 3 cups tomato juice
• 1 cup beef broth
• 1/4 cup onion, minced
• 1 tomato, cubed
• 1 cup celery, minced
• 1/4 teaspoon Tabasco pepper sauce
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1/8 teaspoon pepper, freshly ground
• 1 bell pepper, minced
• 1 cucumber, diced

Preparation

Step 1

Beat together the oil and lemon juice.
1. Stir in the tomato juice, broth, onion, tomato, celery, Tabasco, salt, and pepper.
2. Chill 3 hours.
3. Serve bell peppers, and cucumbers as garnishes.
4. Keeps several weeks in refrigerator.