4p / 30min
Fact:
This is a typical Peruvian-Spanish fusion dish: the Spaniards brought Gazpacho Andaluz to Peru and the Peruvians added some tomatoes, spice and umpf. Quinoa is one of the most well-known superfoods from Peru, in this gazpacho as crunchy garnish.
Ingredients:
- 6 tasty tom tomatoes
- 6x6cm boiled pumpkin
- ½ cucumber without the peel
- 1 grilled pickled red bell pepper
- 1 red or green rocoto chilli or 6 tbsp of Let's Salsa Roasted Chipotle
- 1 small red onion
- 25mm of red vinegar
- 100mm of extra vierge olive oil
- 2 tbsp of coffee milk
- salt and pepper to taste
Garnish:
- 1 red bell pepper in vinegar
- juice of 1 lime
- 6 kalamata olives
- 1/4 green bell pepper
- 1 tbsp parsley
- 1 tbsp cilantro
- 1 tbsp mint
- 2 tbsp white balsamic
- salt and pepper to taste
- 1 tbsp of quinoa
Preparation:
- Put the tomatoes and rocoto chilli (without the seeds) for 20min in the oven on 200°C
- Rinse the quinoa with cold water and put it in a hot pan. Add a bit of oil when it is dried and roast in about 10 minutes. Don’t forget to stir!
- Mix the rest of the garnish, all chopped finely, and leave in the fridge.
- Mix the tomatoes, pumpkin, cucumbers, green bell pepper, chilli, onion, vinegar, olive oil, salt and pepper and leave in the fridge for 15min, it needs to be really cold!
- Put the tomato mix and the coffee milk in the blender.
- Serve the tomato mix, put the garnish on top.
- Last step: sprinkle 1tbsp of oil and then the quinoa all over the gazpacho like it is confetti!