What can I use to replace the tomato juice in gazpacho?
I'm trying to find cold alternatives to hot soup. A friend pointed me to gazpacho. I tried that, and we really liked it.
However, I will be cooking for someone who does not eat cooked tomatoes (ketchup, tomato sauce, and tomato juice), and the recipe I have for the gazpacho is based on tomato juice.
What can I use as a replacement for the tomato juice? I was thinking carrot juice maybe mixed with some lemon juice or vinegar (for the acidity that tomato juice has), but wanted a more "professional" opinion before doing so.
What can I use to replace the tomato juice in gazpacho?
Best Answer
According Niki Segnit's The Flavour Thesaurus, strawberries and tomatoes share many of the same flavour compounds so that might an avenue to explore; obviously you might want to increase the vinegar/lemon juice if the stawberries are particularly sweet.
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What is the best substitute for tomato juice?
Ketchup or Catsup: In a pinch, you can substitute diluted catsup or ketchup for tomato juice in a recipe. Add one part ketchup to eight parts of water. For example, 1 tablespoon of ketchup (0.5 ounces) and 1/2 cup water (4 ounces). Ketchup, like soup, also contains sweetener and usually contains onions.What can I substitute for 1 cup tomato juice?
1 cup tomato juice: substitute 1/2 cup tomato sauce and 1/2 cup water. 1 10-3/4 ounce can tomato soup: substitute 1 cup tomato sauce plus 1/4 cup water.What can I use instead of tomato pulp?
Tomato paste + water. Equal parts tomato paste and water! This makes a flavor and texture almost exactly like tomato puree. In fact, that's what's in most cans of tomato puree anyway. For \xbd cup tomato puree, substitute \xbc cup tomato paste + \xbc cup water.Can I use tomato soup instead of tomato juice?
However, it's possible to make your own convincing tomato juice from other tomato-based foods. According to the required flavor, texture or color, the best substitutes include canned tomatoes, tomato paste, vegetable broth, tomato soup, ketchup, roasted red peppers, and tamarind among others.Add Tomato Juice to Gazpacho Soup
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Answer 2
Pace @RossHolloway, the word gazpacho covers a wide variety of soups which have evolved from essentially bread soup. (In fact, they're not even all cold soups). In addition to the red gazpachos, which get their colour from tomato and pepper, there are white and green gazpachos (lists by colour in Spanish). You could try to find a recipe in English for ajoblanco, gazpacho blanco cordobés, gazpacho de habas, gazpacho de segadores, gazpacho verde, or gazpacho de cilantro.
Alternatively, since it's typical to serve gazpacho with chopped raw vegetables (tomato, cucumber, onion, pepper) and croutons, you could either prepare your current gazpacho recipe, substituting extra cucumber for the tomato, or make gazpacho de segadores; and then serve with extra raw tomato. That would give you the acidity and some of the flavour.
Answer 3
To replace the tomato juice your primary concerns will be the flavor component the tomato adds, as well as the textural element. Any numbers of vegetables, steamed then pureed will give you the texture; I would recommend cauliflower for creamy, butternut squash for smooth, or carrot for spicy dishes. In terms of subbing out tomato in gazpacho and trying to retain its character this is not quite possible as it is central to the dish. However going with beet would give you an intense soup, a cold potato cream would also work well, as would any other vegetable; however they would not really yield gazpacho
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