Although in our gastronomy we have many cold soups, the most popular in Spain is gazpacho. Bread, vinegar, garlic, tomato, oil, cucumber, onion, apple, peppers… Now that the season is here, cold soups are desirable and they don’t have to be made only with tomato.

A frozen cream of cauliflower or mushrooms, melon, pumpkin…the options are endless. Therefore, this week I propose to make a simple watermelon gazpacho and accompany it with goat cheese and crusty bread.

When photographing the recipe for Instagram, I suggest playing with the colors of wood, green and red. They will contrast with the pink tone of the watermelon gazpacho. We will also achieve this contrast by accompanying the still life with pieces of fruit or plants and cacti (they can be artificial), which reflect the color of summer and the good weather. Flowers can also be a good option.

And, as I always recommend, try to use natural light and take more than one photo, until you get the perfect still life.

(*) Laura López is a Food Stylist and has more than 112k followers on her Instagram account @lauraponts

Ingredients for four people:

> Three medium tomatoes

> A quarter of watermelon

> Half a clove of minced garlic

> Five tablespoons of olive oil

> Sugar, 50 g

> Half zucchini

> Half a cucumber

> Basil leaves

> Mustard

> Sherry vinegar

> Water

> Shall

> Goat curl cheese, 200 g

For the crusty bread:

> Pan, 80 g

> A garlic diet

> Chopped parsley

Step by Step

1. Put the tomatoes with the chopped garlic and basil in the oven at 100º for one hour and 45 minutes with a tablespoon of oil.

2. Remove from the oven, peel and chop.

3. Place the tomato pulp in a bowl, add the chopped zucchini and cucumber plus the vinegar, mustard, oil and sugar, covering the entire mixture with cold water.

4. Peel and remove the seeds from the watermelon. Chop it and add it to the previous preparation.

5. Leave to rest in a cold place for 10 minutes. Then blend the mixture and strain it, adding more cold water if necessary and add a pinch of salt.

For the crusty bread

1. Add garlic, in very thin slices or cubes, to the bread.

2. Cut the bread.

3. Put it in the oven until it becomes crispy.

4. Sprinkle with parsley.

To the presentation

1. Serve the gazpacho in small glasses or cocktail glasses. Add the crusty bread and sprinkle with a little chopped basil or chives.

2. Place the slice of goat cheese (previously melted in the microwave). If you do not have basil, you can use chives or parsley, and any type of vinegar can be used instead of sherry vinegar. Prawns or crayfish can be used as a substitute for goat cheese.

1. The “pink” Barbastro tomato is much sweeter and meatier.

2. It is very pleasant to add a granita or a fruit sorbet or a mild vinaigrette.

3. Be careful with garlic, it is a double-edged sword, which just as it enhances the flavor can also ruin it.