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THE DAILY ASTORIAN • FRIDAY, AUGUST 28, 2015
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The Gazpacho de Campo at Blue Scorcher Bakery and Cafe.
A delicious blend
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The Blue Scorcher Bakery
and Cafe likes to emphasize
their work as a cooperative.
So Karmen Hughes, Loren
Cross, Audrey Arment and
Brandon Sears each have a
hand in Gazpacho de Campo,
a soup ¿eld workers might
Cooking
WHAT’S
The Gazpacho de
Campo at Blue
Scorcher Bakery and
Cafe.
GOURMET RECIPES FROM LOCAL CHEFS
have made while harvesting.
Before blenders, of course.
Blue Scorcher shares the
recipe with our readers.
Joshua Bessex
The Daily Astorian
Gazpacho de Campo
What you’ll need:
2 quarts grated tomatoes
4 to 5 pressed garlic cloves
2 cups water
1/2 teaspoon kosher or sea salt plus
2 to 3 pinches
1/4 cup extra virgin olive oil
1 teaspoon sherry vinegar
3 cups peeled and chopped cu-
cumbers
1 1/2 cups chopped green bell
peppers
Joshua Bessex/The Daily Astorian
From left: Karmen Hughes, Loren Cross, Audrey Arment, and Brandon Sears at Blue
Scorcher Bakery and Cafe.
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What you’ll do:
1. Gather enough very ripe heir-
loom or other tomatoes to make
approximately 2 quarts or 8 cups
liquified tomato base.
2. Cut tomatoes in half.
3. Using largest hole on hand grater
grate tomatoes into a bowl. When
you get to skin stop and discard skin.
4. Add pressed garlic and mix with
water and salt.
5. Add olive oil and vinegar.
6. Add chopped cucumber and
chopped bell peppers.
7. Best served at room temperature.
8. Add a swirl of olive oil to each
serving.
9. Have plenty of thickly sliced fresh
baguette on hand to soak up the
soup.
10. This is an approximate recipe
and should be adjusted to taste.
Salt will bring out the flavors, so
don’t be afraid to use. Garlic, olive
oil and vinegar deepen and enrich
the soup.
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