Salmorejo is a Spanish chilled tomato and bread soup, like a very thick gazpacho. Here, Caroline Martins serves it with pickled coconut and vivid green lovage oil, for a colourful light supper or lunch.
Bring the apple cider vinegar, sugar, and salt to a boil. Remove from the heat and transfer to a heat proof container
Add the coconut and then refrigerate for 5 hours
Meanwhile, blend all the salmorejo ingredients and blitz until smooth
Chill in the fridge until needed
Blanch the lovage in boiling water then refresh it in cold water. Squeeze out any excess water
Blitz the lovage with vegetable oil until the mixture is heated and acquires a bright green colour
Pass the oil through muslin cloth, discarding the solids, and refrigerate until ready to serve
Serve the salmorejo in a bowl, top with a few dots of lovage oil, and then garnish with the chopped tomatoes and radishes
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