Chilled Tomato Soup

Salmorejo, that cold soup, cousin to gazpacho, may just be the culmination of all the cultures that worked their way across the Iberian Peninsula over centuries. Neolithic farmers figured out how to break down produce into edible portions. Roman armies subsisted on soups made with old bread. The Moors brought spices to the table. And, for all its questionable methods, the Columbian Exchange brought the tomatoes.