Recipes Discovered

Watermelon Gazpacho Soup Recipe

Since gazpacho is becoming fairly popular (I see it in a lot of restaurants now), and I like the traditional version, I thought I would try an alternative. I found a recipe for watermelon gazpacho that called for watermelon, tomatoes, and cucumbers as the base. Along with those ingredients, I added vinegar, scallions, parsley (instead of cilantro), jalapeno, lime juice, and a bit of salt and pepper. I omitted the oil from the recipe, which may have been my mistake, I don’t know. I blended everything in the blender until pureed and refrigerated it for about 2 hours to chill and let the flavors meld. Upon tasting it, I discovered it was possibly the worst thing I have ever tasted. I don’t know if I missed something, if the oil was a big contributor to the taste, or if it’s just a bad recipe, but the soup was horrible. I think I’ll stick to traditional gazpacho or leave it to the professionals from now on.