Iron Chief

Today, I present you my new chronic called Iron Chief, I will be talking about food and it will include recipes. The first one is about Gazpacho, a cold soup. With the hot summer we are about to have in France and in Quebec( yeah, i'm going back to Montreal on july 15), I believe I will make a lot of Gazpachos to cold down during the sunnies afternoon. The Gazpacho is a liquid salad invented in the southern part of Spain, Andalusia. The first sign of Gazpacho goes back to the Middle Ages. The oldest version is probably from Cordoba and was made with bread, garlic, oil and water. Now, it has evolve in a fashion dish eaten all around the world. This is the recipe that I taught was the best. Hope you will like it, 'cause I do!

4 large garlic cloves
2 teaspoons salt
1 red or green bell pepper, roasted, peeled, and seeded
2 slices week-old French bread with or without crust

2 ½ pounds very ripe tomatoes (such as Carmello tomatoes), peeled, chopped and passed through a sieve to remove all seeds (save some of the juice to soak the bread in)

6 tablespoons extra virgin olive oil

1 small cucumber, peeled, seeded, and chopped

4 tablespoons high quality Spanish sherry vinegar

1 hard-boiled egg yolk

Salt and freshly ground black pepper to taste

12 ice cubes

1. In a mortar, pound the garlic and salt until mushy. Transfer to a food processor and pulse until mushy.

2. Soak the bread in the juice from the tomatoes and a little water, then squeeze out as if you were making a snowball. Add the bread to the processor and pulse a couple of times until well blended. Add the tomatoes and process for 5 seconds, then pour in the olive oil while running the food processor continuously. Add the cucumber and process some more. Drizzle in the vinegar and add the egg yolk while continuing to process. Season with salt, pepper, and cumin, if desired.

3. Tranfer to a bowl and add the ice cubes. Leave in the refrigerator for several hours before serving, stirring occasionally and serve when the ice cubes have melted with a selection of garnishes.