White Gazpacho

Ingredients

• 2 cups bread stale crustless
• 2 cups vegetable stock for vegan or vegetarian version (use vegetable stock )
• 1.5 teaspoons salt 
• 1 cup slivered blanched almonds (must be blanched, the skins are bitter)
• 2 cups grapes green seedless sliced in half
• 2  cucumbers peeled seeded chopped
• 1  garlic cloves chopped (depending on how garlicky you want the result to be)
• 2 tablespoons cider vinegar 
• 0.3 cup olive oil extra virgin 
• 6 servings chives for garnish

Equipment

• food processor

Directions

1. Heat the stock until it's steamy. Turn off the heat and add to the stock the broken up pieces of stale bread.
2. Let cool.
3. Grind almonds with salt and garlic:
4. Put the almonds, salt and garlic in a food processor and pulse until the almonds are pulverized.
5. Add bread, stock, grapes, and cucumbers, purée:
6. Add the soaked bread and any stock that was not absorbed by the bread into the food processor, then add the grapes and cucumbers. Pulse until the mixture is a rough purée.
7. Add 2 tablespoons of the vinegar and pulse a few seconds to combine. Taste and add the other tablespoon if it needs it – grapes can sometimes be acidic enough to leave out the final tablespoon of vinegar.
8. Drizzle in olive oil while food processor is running: With the motor running, drizzle in the olive oil. Turn off the motor and taste the gazpacho.
9. Add more salt if needed.
10. Chill before serving, garnish with chopped chives.