Ajo Blanco - (Cool Garlic and Almond Soup)

3/4 cup Blanched almonds
6 x Garlic cloves peeled, whole
3 tbl Sherry vinegar
1/2 cup White seedless grapes
2 piece White bread crust removed
1/4 cup Extra-virgin olive oil
3 cup Water very cold
Salt to taste
Freshly-ground black
pepper to taste

12 x Muscat grapes for garnish
Method :
• Place almonds and garlic in food processor and blend
until very fine. Add sherry vinegar and grapes and bread and
blend until smooth. With machine running, drizzle in the olive
oil first and then the water. Strain in a soup tureen and season
pretty aggressively. Drizzle sherry vinegar on to bowls of soup
and garnish with grapes.
• This recipe yields 4 appetizer servings.


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