Abuela Mercedes’s Spanish Chilled Almond Soup

Name: Abuela Mercedes’s Spanish Chilled Almond Soup (Ajo blanco)
Yield: Feeds 4
Ingredients: 100 ml (7 tbsp) olive oil; 1 tbsp red wine vinegar; 1 tsp salt; 1 egg; handful fresh parsley, finely chopped; 1 tbsp water; 125 g (4½ oz) white bread, crusts removed (it’s good to use up stale bread); 75 g (½ cup) blanched almonds; 100 g (3½ oz) melon, cubed (Galia or honeydew work well); 1 large garlic clove, finely chopped

Ajo blanco

Preparation info

Feeds
4

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

Grand Dishes

By Iska Lupton

Published 2021

About

Ingredients

125 g (4½ oz) white bread, crusts removed (it’s good to use up stale bread)
75 g (<

Vegetarian
Soup

Method

Rip the bread into pieces and soak in water for 10 minutes.
Squeeze out the bread a little and add to a blender with the almonds, garlic, melon, vinegar, oil, egg, salt and water.
Blend for 4 minutes, until smooth and the consistency of single cream. Add more water, if needed.
Transfer into a bowl and put it into the fridge for at least 2 ho