Busters Recipes

White Gazpacho with Shrimp
  
  6 slices white sandwich bread, crusts discarded, bread torn into pieces
1 cup whole blanched almonds, chopped
3/4 cup seedless green grapes
1/2 medium English cucumber, peeled, seeded and chopped
1 garlic clove, smashed
2 1/2 cups cold water
1/2 cup extra-virgin olive oil
3 tablespoons sherry vinegar
salt
cayenne pepper
1/2 pound shelled and deveined medium shrimp
1 tomato, seeded and finely diced
2 tablespoons minced celery
2 tablespoons minced cilantro
  
  Fill a large bowl with ice and water. In another bowl, combine the bread, almonds, grapes, cucumber and garlic with the water, oil and vinegar. Working in batches, puree the mixture in a blender, then strain through a fine sieve into a large bowl set in the ice bath. Stir the soup until chilled; season with salt and cayenne. Reserve the ice bath.
In a medium saucepan of boiling salted water, cook the shrimp until opaque, about 2 minutes. Drain and refresh in the ice bath until chilled. Drain well, pat dry and cut into quarters crosswise.
Ladle the soup into chilled bowls. Garnish with the shrimp, tomato, celery and cilantro and serve.
Makes 4 servings.

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