Watermelon Cucumber Gazpacho with Habanero Croutons
This gazpacho is such a great summer soup. It's just sweet enough and the fiery habanero croutons definitely do their job to balance out the flavors.
Servings: 6 servings
Calories: 193kcal
Ingredients
- 6 cups watermelon seedless
- 2 medium cucumbers
- 1 medium yellow bell pepper
- 1 small jalapeño
- 3 stalks celery
- ½ small red onion
- ¼ cup mint chopped
- 3 tablespoon lemon juice
- 3 tablespoon honey
- 2 tablespoon white wine vinegar
- ¼ teaspoon salt
- 8 slices white bread
- 2 tablespoon butter
- ½ teaspoon habanero powder
- for garnish sour cream
Instructions
- Puree about ¾ of the watermelon in a blender or large food processor until smooth, then remove to a large bowl. Put the remaining watermelon in the blender with the cucumber, pepper, jalapeno, celery, onion, mint, lemon juice, honey, vinegar and salt and puree. Stir this into the watermelon already in the bowl.
- Cover the soup and chill in the refrigerator for at least 2 hours.
- While the soup is chilling, you can make the croutons. Heat the oven to 400 F. Whisk the habanero powder into the melted butter, then toss the butter into the bread pieces with some salt. Spread on a large baking sheet and bake for about 10 - 15 minutes, or until browned. Allow to cool.
- Drizzle the soup with some sour cream and some sprinkle on some croutons, then serve.