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Italian garlic soup

A hearty, warming, fragrant garlic flavoured soup that also has the goodness of leeks, creaminess of potatoes and topping of some crusty salt and pepper croutons
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Prep Time 15 minutes
Cook Time 30 minutes
Total Time 45 minutes
Servings: 5 people
Course: Appetizer, Soup
Cuisine: Italian
Calories: 185
Ingredients Equipment Method Notes

Ingredients
  

  • ½ cup onions roughly chopped
  • 2 cups leeks roughly chopped
  • 1 cup potatoes diced
  • 1 head garlic (10-12 cloves of garlic) minced
  • 4 chicken/vegetable stock cubes crushed
  • 1 tbsp dried thyme
  • 2-3 tbsp parsley roughly chopped
  • 2 tbsp black pepper crushed
  • 2-3 tbsp cream
  • 3 tbsp olive oil
  • salt to taste
To make the croutons
  • 3 slices bread diced
  • 1 tsp sea salt
  • 2 tsp black pepper crushed
  • 2 tbsp olive oil

Equipment

  • Stock pot

Method
 

  1. Heat your stock pot with the olive oil and throw in the onions. In another 3-4 minutes add the leeks and wait for them to soften
  2. When that happens, add the potatoes, garlic, stock cubes, thyme and salt to taste. Give it a good mix and add 6 cups of hot water. Let this simmer over medium heat, until the potatoes are completely cooked
  3. Insert a stick blender and blend this to smooth puree´ and let it gently simmer over medium heat. Add the cream, pepper and the parsley. Cook for 5-6 minutes and then remove from flame*
  4. To make the croutons, in a pan add the olive oil and the bread. Keep stirring and frying until they are well browned. Season with salt and pepper, mix well and remove from flame
  5. Serve your delicious, warming Italian garlic soup topped with the croutons and garnished with some cream, thyme and pepper. Enjoy!
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Notes

  • In case leeks aren't available, you can substitute them with spring onions 
  • If a stick/immersion blender is not available with you, remove the soup from the flame, let it cool down and then puree it in a mixer 
  • You can adjust the amount of garlic cloves to be added as per your taste preference
  • In case using stock, instead of the stock cubes, add equivalent amount of it as the water's quantity mentioned here 
  • 1 cup = 250 millilitres
  • tbsp - tablespoon
  • tsp - teaspoon