Chilled Almond Soup with Grapes

Name: Chilled Almond Soup with Grapes
Yield: Serves six
Cuisine: Spanish
Ingredients: salt and ground black pepper; 25 ml/1½ tbsp sherry vinegar; toasted flaked almonds; salt and ground black pepper; 115 g/4 oz/1 cup blanched almonds; 115 g/4 oz stale white bread; 75 ml/5 tbsp olive oil; 2 garlic cloves, sliced; green grapes and black grapes, halved and seeded; green grapes and black grapes, halved and seeded; chopped fresh chives

Preparation info

Serves
six

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

Recipes from My Spanish Grandmother

By Pepita Aris

Published 2013

About

Called Ajo Blanco - white garlic soup - in Spain, this is a chilled Moorish soup of ancient origin. It is a perfect balance of three southern ingredients: crushed almonds, garlic and vinegar, in a smooth purée made luscious with oil.

Ingredients

115 g/4 oz stale white bread
115 g/4

Europe
Spain
Soup
Mediterranean
Vegan

Method

Break the bread into a bowl and pour in 150 ml/¼ pint/⅔ cup cold water. Leave to soak f

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