Gazpacho Soup for a Hot Summer Day

Name: Gazpacho Soup for a Hot Summer Day
Ingredients: 3 ripe medium beef steak or Roma tomatoes about 1 1/2 pounds cored and cut into quarter inch cubes.; 2 small red bell peppers about 1 pound cord, seeded, and cut into quarter inch cubes.; 2 small cucumbers about 1 pound, one peeled and the other with skin on, both seeded and cut into quarter inch cubes.; 1/2 small sweet onion such is the vadalia, or two large shallots, peeled and minced (about half a cup); 2 medium garlic cloves minced; 2 teaspoons salt; 1/2 cup sherry vinegar; 8 cups tomato juice (we use Mott’s Garden Cocktail); 1 teaspoon hot pepper sauce optional; Extra-virgin olive oil for drizzling.