Garlic Soup Sopa De Ajo Recipes

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Line a baking sheet with aluminum foil.
• Spread French bread onto the prepared baking sheet and drizzle 1 tablespoon olive oil over the top; gently stir to coat bread.
• Bake in the preheated oven until crispy and lightly browned, 15 to 20 minutes.
• Heat 1/4 cup olive oil in a heavy pot over medium heat. Cook and stir garlic in hot oil until just golden, 1 to 2 minutes. Add ham; cook and stir until heated through, about 1 minute. Add 1 to 2 teaspoons of paprika and cook for 1 minute more. Pour bread into pot and toss to coat with hot oil mixture.
• Pour chicken broth into bread mixture; add cayenne pepper, salt, and black pepper and stir. Bring to a boil, reduce heat to medium, and stir in parsley.
• Crack each egg into a small bowl or cup. Make 4 depressions in the bread on top of the soup with a spoon. Slowly pour an egg into each depression. Cover the pot with a lid and cook until egg whites are firm and yolks are thick but not hard, 2 to 3 minutes. Ladle soup into bowls and spoon an egg on top.

Steps:

• In a heavy soup kettle or a 2-quart saucepan , gently cook the garlic in the olive oil over low heat until the cloves are thoroughly softened, about 10 to 15 minutes. Do not let the cloves get brown. Remove them with a slotted spoon and set aside.
• Stir the red chili pepper into the hot oil in the pan, then add the stock and sherry. Bring to a simmer while you stir in the cumin and saffron.
• Use a fork to crush the tender garlic cloves to a paste into the soup. Taste and add salt if necessary. Cover the soup and leave to simmer very gently for about 15 minutes.
• While the soup cooks, toast the bread slices. Cut the garlic clove in half and rub over the toasted slices.
• If you wish, add the eggs by breaking each egg in turn into a ladle and lowering it into the soup. Stir ladle to break up the eggs. Serve immediately with a sprinkle of cheese and a slice of the bread.

Steps:

• Heat olive oil in large saucepan.
• Add garlic, bread cubes and paprika and stir until bread cubes are a golden brown. Do not let the garlic burn.
• Add water, then salt and pepper to taste. Bring to a simmer and cook for 30 minutes. Adjust seasoning.
• In a separate pan, fry the eggs in olive oil.
• Serave the soup in rustic "cazuelas" or in deep soup bowls. Add a fried egg on top and serve immediately.

Steps:

• Heat the oil in a heavy frying pan.
• Add not-too-thinly sliced garlic.
• Before the garlic turns brown, add the cubed ham and the slices of bread.
• Sauté for a few minutes on medium heat.
• Add the sweet paprika, followed by the water and salt.
• Bring to a slow boil.
• Boil for 5-10 minutes.
• To poach the eggs, carefully add eggs to the soup one at a time.
• Scoop out poached eggs one at a time into soup bowls. Then, slowly ladle the soup into each bowl.

Steps:

• In an 8-quart stockpot, heat the oil over medium heat. Add the bread and saute until the cubes just begin to brown, 3 to 5 minutes. Stir in the garlic and cook, stirring constantly, until the garlic is fragrant, 1 minute.
• Using a wooden spoon, mash the garlic and bread together. Add tomatoes, paprika, bay leaf, chicken broth and sherry. Bring to a boil, reduce heat to low and simmer for 1 hour. Season to taste with salt and pepper.
• In a small bowl, add about 3 Tablespoons of the hot soup to the egg yolks, beating constantly to temper them. Add yolk mixture to the soup, whisking constantly and quickly until smooth. Add unbeaten egg whites to soup in stockpot in a steady stream while whisking quickly until all are mixed. Return soup to heat to warm.
• Remove and discard bay leaf, garnish with parsley if desired and serve.

Steps:

• Heat the olive oil in a medium saucepan over medium heat.
• Add the garlic and saute until golden brown, about 1 minute. Add the wine and cook until the alcohol evaporates, about 30 seconds. Add the Spanish sweet paprika and saute for 1 minute.
• Add the bread and pour in the chicken stock. Stir together and bring to a boil, then reduce the heat to low and simmer for 8 minutes.
• Add the eggs and stir with a spatula to fold them into the soup. The eggs will form long strands, almost like noodles. Simmer for 2 minutes and add salt to taste. Sprinkle parsley and serve.

Steps:

• In a skillet, heat the olive oil over medium heat.
• Add the garlic, and fry it, stirring with a wooden spoon, for 2 to 3 minutes, until it is golden.
• Take care the garlic does not burn.
• Add the bread, and turn it several times so that it absorbs the oil.
• Sprinkle it with the paprika, and toss well.
• Add the water or broth, and cook for 10 to 15 minutes, stirring, until the soup is heated through and well blended and the bread has absorbed much of the liquid.
• Season to taste with salt and, if you like, the pepper flakes.
• Just before serving the soup, crack the eggs, and slide them onto the surface of the soup, taking care not to break the yolks.
• Let the eggs cook for 1 to 2 minutes, until they are set.
• Serve the soup by spooning it gently into shallow bowls, allowing 1 egg per serving.

Steps:

• In a wide, shallow soup pot, heat oil and lightly sauteé garlic (just until golden, not burned).
• Add bread, that has been previously sliced very thinly, and fry until golden brown.
• Remove from heat and add paprika.
• Stir well.
• Add water and stir.
• Salt to taste.
• Heat soup over medium low heat for about a half an hour.
• When the soup is just about done, add the eggs.
• Serve hot.

Steps:

• If you do not have blanched almonds, you can prepare them by hand. Boil a small pot of water. Add.
• almonds and boil for 2 minutes. Drain and dry on paper towels. The skins will slip off easily.
• Peel garlic. Trim crust from bread slices if using French-style or rustic bread. Place bread in one.
• to two cups cold water to soak.
• While bread is soaking, place garlic and almonds into a food processor or blender (we recommend.
• a VitaMix to achieve the desired end product). Blend or pulse until smooth. Remove bread.
• from water and squeeze out excess water. Tear bread into quarters and add bread and 1 tsp salt to.
• processor or blender. Blend or pulse on high. While blending, slowly drizzle olive oil, then vinegar,.
• and finally the water into blender or processor. Taste. Adjust salt, vinegar and oil to taste.
• Pour into a container or bowl. Seal and chill at least two to three hours or overnight. Serve inches.
• chilled bowls or glass mugs, with a splash of vivid green virgin olive oil.
• NOTE - Traditionally, this dish is served with a few green grapes as a garnish; we like the contrasting color, however we prefer to.
• substitute olive oil drops.