Editing Gazpacho (section)

==Ingredients and preparation==
[[File:Avocado Gazpacho at Toro Salao.jpg|thumb|Gazpacho with [[avocado]]]]
Most gazpacho includes stale bread, tomato, cucumbers, onion, bell peppers, garlic, olive oil, [[wine vinegar]], water, and salt.<ref>{{cite web |website=Royal Spanish Academy |title=gazpacho |url=https://dle.rae.es/gazpacho?m=form}}</ref> Northern recipes often include [[cumin]] and/or {{lang|es|pimentón}} ([[paprika|smoked sweet paprika]]).

Traditionally, gazpacho was made by pounding the vegetables in a [[mortar and pestle|mortar with a pestle]]; this more laborious method is still sometimes used as it helps keep the gazpacho cool and avoids the foam and silky consistency of [[smoothie]] versions made in blenders or food processors.<ref name=kate /><ref>{{cite web|publisher=Bon Appetit|url=https://www.bonappetit.com/story/green-gazpacho-savory-green-smoothie|title=Green Gazpacho Is Just a Savory Green Smoothie|author=Amiel Stanek|date=31 July 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|newspaper=Washington Post|title=Green Gazpacho (or Smoothie)|author=Joe Yonan|date=6 July 2011|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/recipes/green-gazpacho-or-smoothie/12205/}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|publisher=Foods and Wines from Spain|title=Gazpacho: A Classic Way to Spice Up Your Smoothie With Veggies!|author=Laura D'Ocon|date=21 June 2021|url= https://www.foodswinesfromspain.com/spanishfoodwine/global/food/news/new-detail/gazpacho-veggie-smoothies.html}}</ref> A traditional way of preparation is to pound garlic cloves in a mortar, add a little soaked stale bread, then olive oil and salt, to make a paste. Next, very ripe tomatoes and vinegar are added to this paste. In the days before refrigeration, the gazpacho was left in an [[Evaporative cooler#Physical principles|unglazed earthenware pot to cool by evaporation]], with the addition of some water.<ref name=andalucia />

Gazpacho may be served alone or with garnishes, such as hard-boiled eggs, chopped ham (in the [[salmorejo]] variety from Córdoba), chopped almonds, cumin crushed with mint, orange segments, finely chopped green bell peppers, onion, tomato or cucumber.<ref name="andalucia">[https://www.andalucia.com/magazine/english/ed3/gazpacho.htm King Gazpacho, ''Andalucia'' magazine.] Retrieved 1 April 2022.</ref> In [[Extremadura]], local ham was added to the gazpacho itself rather than as a garnish; this is called {{lang|es|gazpacho extremeño}}. Andalusian sources say that gazpacho should be slightly chilled, but not iced.<ref name=andalucia />