Mary's Tropical Gazpacho

Total Time: 12 mins Preparation Time: 10 mins Cook Time: 2 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 6
• 4 cloves garlic, minced
• 1 1/2 cups peeled seeded and diced cucumbers
• 1 1/2 cups diced red bell peppers
• 1/2 cup diced red onion
• 1 cup diced tomato
• 1 cup canned un-sweetened pineapple chunk (in juice)
• 2 tablespoons red wine vinegar
• 1 pinch cayenne
• 1 teaspoon ground cumin
• 1 1/2 cups french bread or 1 1/2 cups italian bread (tear it into chunks but mary says this is) (optional)
• 3 cups tomato juice
• salt and black pepper

Recipe

• 1 in a food processor, combine the garlic, 1/2 of the diced cucumber, 1/2 of the diced bell peppers, the red onions, 1/2 of the tomatoes, the pineapple and its juice, vinegar, cayenne, cumin, bread chunks if you have them, tomato juice and puree until smooth.
• 2 transfer to a bowl, then stir in the remaining diced cucumbers, bell peppers, and tomatoes.
• 3 salt and pepper to taste.
• 4 refrigerate for 1 to 2 hours until cold.