Ingredients
The following ingredients have 4 Servings
- 1/2 cup ice
- 1/2 to 1 cup bottled water
- 1 28-ounce can peeled Italian tomatoes or 7 ripe tomatoes
- peeled
- 1/3 seedless cucumber
- coarsely chopped
- 1 onion
- coarsely chopped
- 1 roasted red pepper or 6 Piquillo peppers in water
- drained
- 2 ribs celery with leafy tops
- coarsely chopped
- 1 jalapeño pepper
- seeded and coarsely chopped
- Juice of 1 lime
- 1 fat clove garlic
- 1 tablespoon sherry vinegar
- A small handful cilantro
- 2 tablespoons EVOO – Extra Virgin Olive Oil
- 1 piece stale white bread
- crust removed and torn
- 1 tablespoon Tabasco sauce
- Salt
- to taste
- 24 large shrimp
- deveined and tails left on
- Salt and pepper
- 2 shots tequila
- 2 limes
- 1 juiced and 1 halved
- 2 cloves garlic
- chopped
- 2 tablespoons olive oil
- 1 teaspoon Tabasco
Instruction
- Preheat a grill or grill pan to medium-high
- Place ingredients for gazpacho in a high-powered blender (or do in 2 batches in food processor)
- Process to desired consistency
- In a mixing bowl, season shrimp with salt and pepper
- Add tequila, lime juice, garlic, olive oil and Tabasco, and toss to coat
- Grill shrimp 3 minutes on each side until shrimp are pink, firm and browned at edges
- Grill lime halves cut-side down to mark then squeeze over shrimp
- Serve gazpacho in bowls or chilled frosted mugs with grilled shrimp alongside for dipping
