Description
A delicious creamy garlic soup recipe filled with the most amazing subtle flavor.
Ingredients
Scale
- 26 garlic cloves (unpeeled)
- 2 Tbsp. olive oil
- 2 Tbsp. (1/4 stick) butter
- 2 cups sliced onions
- 1 1/2 teaspoons chopped fresh thyme
- 18 garlic cloves, peeled
- 3 1/2 cups chicken stock
- 2 cups shredded cooked chicken (optional)
- 1/2 cup heavy whipping cream
- 1/2 cup finely grated Parmesan cheese (about 2 ounces)
- salt and freshly-ground black pepper
- 4 lemon wedges
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350°F. Place 26 garlic cloves in small glass baking dish. Add 2 tablespoons olive oil and sprinkle with salt and pepper; toss to coat. Cover baking dish tightly with foil and bake until garlic is golden brown and tender, about 45 minutes. Cool. Squeeze garlic between fingertips to release cloves. Transfer cloves to small bowl.
- Melt butter in heavy large saucepan over medium-high heat. Add onions and thyme and cook until onions are translucent, about 6 minutes. Add roasted garlic and 18 raw garlic cloves and cook 3 minutes. Add chicken stock; cover and simmer until garlic is very tender, about 20 minutes. Working in batches, puree soup in blender until smooth. Return soup to saucepan; add shredded chicken and cream, and bring to simmer. Season with salt and freshly-ground black pepper.
- Divide grated cheese among 4 bowls and ladle soup over. Squeeze juice of 1 lemon wedge into each bowl and serve.
Notes
Instead of dividing out the 26 cloves for the first step, I just roasted 3 whole heads of garlic via this method. Once the heads were roasted, I just squeezed out the garlic and continued with the remainder of the recipe.
Recipe adapted from Bon Appetit and Smitten Kitchen