Summer gazpacho – tomato,cucumber, capsicum with roasted mushroom focaccia by Brent Martin

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Summer Gazpacho

Ingredients
20 vine tomatoes
2 red peppers
1⁄2 cucumber (peeled and deseeded)
1/3 A10 tin of whole peeled Italian tomatoes
1⁄2 red chilli (deseeded and chopped)
150ml ketchup
400ml tomato juice
10 large basil leaves

Method
1 - Squeeze the vine tomatoes so all the seeds are released.
2 - Discard the seeds and place tomatoes into a large bowl.
3 - Add all the other ingredients and leave to marinate for 3-4 hours.
4 - Once marinated put the mixture into a blender. Blend until a liquid then pass through a sieve into a clean bowl.

Focaccia

Ingredients
595 grams plain flour
530 grams water
3⁄4 tsp dried yeasts
1 Tbsp Flaky salt
70g extra virgin olive oil

Method
1 - Place all ingredients except for the olive oil into the bowl of a planetary mixer with the hook attachment, mix on high speed for 3 minutes.
2 - Pour the olive oil into a mixing bowl and add the dough, cover and set aside to prove
3 - After two hours transfer the dough to a line 30x20cm tin and bake at 220 °c for 16 minutes or until golden brown and cooked through.