A gazpacho for summer is a winner with everybody. Why not try a duo with two gazpachos served in one bowl.Its colourful and flacourfull and it is summer in a bowl. Add with that a crunchy salsa and slices of sourdough bread and it can make for a good vegetarian meal.

Recipe:

• Green: 1 large cucumber
• 1 large spring onion, white bulb and green stem and green leaves
• 1 large granny smith apple
• Half a cup of mint leaves, removed from the stems
• 1 large green pepper
• juice of half a lime
• 2 TBSP of white balsamic vinegar
• 100ml apple juice (optional)
• Salt and pepper to taste

• Red: 4 large tomatoes, skin removed by making a cross at the top, dipping into boiled water for about 5 minutes, rinse under cold water and peel off the skin.
• 1 large spring onion, only the white bulb
• Half a cup of basil leaves
• 1 large red pepper
• juice of half a lemon
• 3 TBSP of tomato paste
• 2 TBSP of balsamic vinegar
• 100 ml tomato juice juice (optional)
• Salt and pepper to taste

• Salsa: Half a red onion diced
• Half yellow pepper diced
• Small spring onion
• 2 slices of bread, cut into cubes and toasted in the oven (optional)
• Olive oil

1. Chop and blend all the ingredients for green gazpacho together until liquid. It doesnt have to be velvety smooth.
2. Season to taste and pour into a jug.
3. Chop and blend all the ingredients together for the red gazpacho.
4. Season to taste and pour into a jug.
5. Dice the ingredients for the salsa and mix. Add the cubes of toasted bread just before serving.
6. Let the gazpachos and salsa cool in the fridge until serving.
7. Take the two jugs,(or two ladels), one in each hand and pour the two gazpachos slowly at the same time, left and right, into a bowl until the two liquids meet in the middle.
8. Add the salsa on top of the line where the two gazpachos meet.
9. Add the toasted croutons on the salsa.(optional)
10. Drizzle the bowl with olive oil and sprinkle with milled pepper.
11. Repeat with three other bowls.
12. Serve cold with extra bread on the side.

Serves Four as a starter

Pinch of salt:

• Add some apple juice to the green gazpacho if its too thick to your liking.
• Add some tomato juice to the red gazpacho if its too thick to your liking.
• Add some cubed avocado to the salsa.
• Add some kiwi to the salsa.
• Add crumbed feta to the salsa.
• Add 2 kiwis to the green gazpacho instead of the apple.
• Use shallots in the red gazpacho instead of the green onion bulb.