Gazpachuelo
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Gazpachuelo is a soup
originating in Malaga
and is a typical fisherman dish, consisting of a fish
stock and a base of a kind of garlic
mayonnaise
, egg yolk
and olive oil
. It is accompanied by the white of egg into small cubes and potatoes cooked also in cubes and slices of toast.
Although it is drunk hot, it owes its name to the four basic ingredients: gazpacho
, bread, garlic, oil and water. It is a typical dish of the lower class because of the economic development of their basic ingredients. It is eaten with a spoon and bread dipped in the broth. Other variations can be used: boiled potatoes with shell fish, peeled shrimps or whitebait.
Soup
Soup is a generally warm food that is made by combining ingredients such as meat and vegetables with stock, juice, water, or another liquid. Hot soups are additionally characterized by boiling solid ingredients in liquids in a pot until the flavors are extracted, forming a broth.Traditionally,...
originating in Malaga
Málaga
Málaga is a city and a municipality in the Autonomous Community of Andalusia, Spain. With a population of 568,507 in 2010, it is the second most populous city of Andalusia and the sixth largest in Spain. This is the southernmost large city in Europe...
and is a typical fisherman dish, consisting of a fish
Fish
Fish are a paraphyletic group of organisms that consist of all gill-bearing aquatic vertebrate animals that lack limbs with digits. Included in this definition are the living hagfish, lampreys, and cartilaginous and bony fish, as well as various extinct related groups...
stock and a base of a kind of garlic
Garlic
Allium sativum, commonly known as garlic, is a species in the onion genus, Allium. Its close relatives include the onion, shallot, leek, chive, and rakkyo. Dating back over 6,000 years, garlic is native to central Asia, and has long been a staple in the Mediterranean region, as well as a frequent...
mayonnaise
Mayonnaise
Mayonnaise, , often abbreviated as mayo, is a sauce. It is a stable emulsion of oil, egg yolk and either vinegar or lemon juice, with many options for embellishment with other herbs and spices. Lecithin in the egg yolk is the emulsifier. Mayonnaise varies in color but is often white, cream, or pale...
, egg yolk
Egg yolk
An egg yolk is a part of an egg which feeds the developing embryo. The egg yolk is suspended in the egg white by one or two spiral bands of tissue called the chalazae...
and olive oil
Olive oil
Olive oil is an oil obtained from the olive , a traditional tree crop of the Mediterranean Basin. It is commonly used in cooking, cosmetics, pharmaceuticals, and soaps and as a fuel for traditional oil lamps...
. It is accompanied by the white of egg into small cubes and potatoes cooked also in cubes and slices of toast.
Although it is drunk hot, it owes its name to the four basic ingredients: gazpacho
Gazpacho
Gazpacho is a cold Spanish/Portuguese tomato-based raw vegetable soup, originating in the southern region of Andalucía. Gazpacho is widely consumed throughout Spain, neighboring Portugal and parts of Latin America...
, bread, garlic, oil and water. It is a typical dish of the lower class because of the economic development of their basic ingredients. It is eaten with a spoon and bread dipped in the broth. Other variations can be used: boiled potatoes with shell fish, peeled shrimps or whitebait.