Name: Cantaloupe Gazpacho – {First on the First}
Ingredients: 1 small cantaloupe (or half a large one) roughly chopped; 2 cups tomato juice; 3/4 cups pineapple (or orange) juice; 1/4 cup red wine vinegar; 1/4 cup fresh basil – use sweet anise-flavored Thai basil if available; 1 red bell pepper, roughly chopped; 2 large tomatoes, roughly chopped; 1 cucumber, peeled and seeded if seeds are large, roughly chopped; Salt, pepper and hot pepper sauce to taste

Ingredients

Units Scale

1 small cantaloupe (or half a large one) roughly chopped
2 cups tomato juice
3/4 cups pineapple (or orange) juice
1/4 cup red wine vinegar
1/4 cup fresh basil – use sweet anise-flavored Thai basil if available
1 red bell pepper, roughly chopped
2 large tomatoes, roughly chopped
1 cucumber, peeled and seeded if seeds are large, roughly chopped
Salt, pepper and hot pepper sauce to taste

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Instructions

Puree all ingredients (reserving a few tablespoons of cantaloupe, cucumbers, tomatoes and a little basil) in a food processor to your texture preference: Barely chopped, very smooth or somewhere in between.
Pour into bowls and garnish with reserved cantaloupe, cucumbers, tomatoes and basil.