CHILLED BLOODY MARY GAZPACHO SOUP


Serves 4


11/2     tablespoons white-wine vinegar
I          tablespoon fresh lemon
juice
I          6 ounce can (3/4 cup) tomato vegetable juice, chilled
1/2      teaspoon salt, or to taste
21/2    teaspoons drained bottled horseradish, or to taste
1/4      teaspoon Tabasco, or to taste
I          teaspoon Worcestershire sauce
2         tablespoons vodka, if desired
1/4      cup olive oil
I         
CUP chopped seeded tomato
I          cup peeled, seeded, and finely chopped cucumber
3/4      cup finely chopped green bell pepper
1/4      cup minced onion


In a bowl whisk together the vinegar, the lemon juice, the tomato vegetable juice, the salt, the pepper, the horseradish, the Tabasco, the Worcestershire sauce, the vodka, if desired, and the oil, add the tomato, the cucumber, the bell pepper, the onion and I cup of ice water, and combine the mixture well. Chill the Soup, covered for I hour and transfer it to a large thermos.


The soup may be made I day in advance and kept covered and chilled.




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