Gazpacho Pasta

  • Level: Easy
  • Yield: 6 servings
  • Total: 35 min
  • Active: 25 min
Gazpacho is a cold soup originating in Spain. Here Ree experiments by using it as a pasta sauce for a Spanish-Italian combo, poured over freshly boiled farfalle.
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Ingredients

Sauce:

1/3 cup extra-virgin olive oil, plus more for garnish

3 tablespoons sherry vinegar 

3 cloves garlic, minced 

One and a half 15-ounce containers grape tomatoes 

3/4 English cucumber, peeled, seeded and roughly chopped 

3/4 red bell pepper, seeded and roughly chopped 

1/2 small red onion, minced 

Kosher salt and freshly ground black pepper 

Pasta:

Kosher salt

1 pound farfalle pasta 

Topping:

1/2 cup sliced green manzanilla olives

1/2 cup sliced black olives 

1/4 cup finely diced red bell pepper 

2 tablespoons fresh parsley, chopped 

2 tablespoons fresh basil, chopped, plus basil leaves, for garnish

1/4 English cucumber, peeled and small diced 

Directions

  1. For the sauce: Put the olive oil, vinegar, garlic, tomatoes, cucumber, bell pepper and red onion in a blender and puree until smooth. Season with salt and pepper.
  2. For the pasta: Bring a pot of salted water to a boil. Add the farfalle and cook as per package instructions. Drain and tip into a serving dish. Pour the sauce over and toss to combine.
  3. For the topping: Mix together the green and black olives, bell pepper, parsley, basil and cucumber in a medium bowl and sprinkle over the pasta. Drizzle with more olive oil and garnish with basil leaves.

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Made this to go with BBQ skirt steak and it was really good.

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