Beef Free Watermelon Gazpacho with Mint
Sweet, cooling, and just a little bit spicy, this chilled soup is the kind of thing you'll want to make on repeat all summer long. Ripe watermelon and fresh tomatoes form the base, blended smooth with cucumber, red bell pepper, shallot, and jalapeño for a bowl that's bright, complex, and genuinely refreshing. A hit of fresh lime juice and a handful of mint leaves tie everything together, giving the whole thing a lively, almost tropical edge. Straining the blended mixture through a fine-mesh sieve is the move that takes it from good to restaurant-worthy — silky, clean, and deeply flavored. Every single ingredient here is plant-based and naturally free from any meat, so there's zero substitution needed and nothing to second-guess. It's the kind of no-cook recipe that practically makes itself, then rewards you with something that looks stunning in the bowl. Finish with a drizzle of olive oil, a pinch of flaky salt, and a few extra mint leaves, and you've got a dish that's as beautiful as it is delicious.
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4 servings
- 5 cups seedless watermelon, cut into 1-inch cubes (about ½ small watermelon)
- 2 medium ripe tomatoes (about 12 oz total), cored and roughly chopped
- 1 medium english cucumber (about 10 oz), peeled and roughly chopped
- 1 small red bell pepper, seeded and roughly chopped
- 1 small shallot, roughly chopped
- 1 small jalapeño, seeded and roughly chopped
- 3 tbsp fresh lime juice (from about 2 limes)
- 2 tbsp extra-virgin olive oil, plus more for drizzling
- ¼ cup fresh mint leaves, loosely packed, plus more for garnish
- ¾ tsp kosher salt, plus more to taste
- ¼ tsp freshly ground black pepper
For serving
- small watermelon cubes, for serving (optional)
- flaky sea salt, for serving (optional)
Instructions
- 1
Combine the watermelon, tomatoes, cucumber, red bell pepper, shallot, jalapeño, lime juice, olive oil, mint leaves, salt, and black pepper in a blender. Blend on high speed until completely smooth, about 60 seconds.
- 2
Set a fine-mesh strainer over a large bowl and pour the blended soup through it, pressing gently with a spatula to extract as much liquid as possible. Discard the solids left in the strainer.
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