America's Test Kitchen 11x25

Grilled Steak and Gazpacho

As the beef capital of the world, Argentina boasts mouthwatering steak dishes in its cuisine. We replicate one dish, Grilled Argentine Steaks with Chimichurri Sauce, and then look eastward to Spain and demonstrate our recipe for Creamy Gazpacho Andaluz.

Charcoal-Grilled Argentine Steaks with Chimichurri Sauce

With Argentine beef and a wood fire, cooking churrasco in the backyard would be easy. We were stuck with American supermarket steaks and a Weber kettle.

Creamy Gazpacho Andaluz

Most Americans know gazpacho as a chunky liquid salsa. In Spain, the most famous version is a creamy puree. But to get it right, we’d need more than just a good blender.

Canned Diced Tomatoes

When most brands garner comments like “sour, old, sad,” we just had to ask: What does it take to produce good canned diced tomatoes?