gazpacho - a chilled tomato soup

Ingredients For gazpacho - a chilled tomato soup

• 28 oz. can

  whole tomatoes or 3 1/2 c. chunked fresh tomatoes
• 1/4 c

  white vinegar
• 3 clove

  garlic
• 5 Tbsp

  olive oil
• 1 slice

  stale rustic or french bread
• 1

  red bell pepper, cored and seeded or 1/2 green plus 1/2 red
• 1 sm

  jalapeno peppers, seeded and chunked, optional
• 1/2

  red onion
• 1 lg

  cucumber (approx. 1 1/2 c. peeled and chunked
• 1 sm

  cucumber, diced for garnish (optional)
• 1 stalk

  celery (chunked)
• 3

  shakes of hot pepper sauce (optional)