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Castilian-style Garlic Soup

January 27, 2023

CATEGORY	CUISINE	TAG	YIELD
Meats, Eggs	Spanish	Soup, Taste, Tvfn	6	Servings

INGREDIENTS

6	T	Olive oil
4		Cloves garlic, minced
4 1/2	c	Day-old country bread, crusts
		removed cut in 1/2"
		slices then torn roughly
		into crouton-size pieces
2	t	Imported sweet paprika
4		Cloves garlic, lightly
		crushed and peeled
4 1/2	c	Water
		Salt
		Freshly ground pepper
4	c	Beef broth or beef consomme
6		Eggs, optional
6	T	Spanish mountain cured ham.
		prosciutto
		Or capicollo, chopped in a
		1/4 inch dice

INSTRUCTIONS

Place 5 teaspoons of the oil and the minced garlic in a skillet and
slowly heat until the garlic begins to color.  Add the bread pieces
and saute slowly until they are crisp and golden, about 15 minutes.
Sprinkle in 1 teaspoon of the paprika and stir to coat the bread.
Reserve.  To make the garlic broth, in a soup pot heat the remaining
tablespoon  of oil and lightly saute the pooled, crushed garlic cloves.
Stir in  the remaining teaspoon paprika, the water, salt, and pepper.
Bring  to a boil, cover, and simmer 45 minutes---you should have about
4  cups (these first two steps may be done in advance).  Bring the beef
broth to a boil.  Arrange 6 ovenproof soup bowls on a  baking tray and
1 tablespoon of the beef broth to each.  If you are  using eggs, slip
one into each bow, scatter in the ham, and pour in  more beef broth
(the bowls should be half full).  Place the tray with  the bowls in a
450Ã¸F oven until the eggs are set, about 4 minutes.  Fill the bowls
with the reserved garlic broth, boiling hot, and  scatter in the bread
pieces.  Serve Immediately. Recipe By     : Tvfn - Taste - Show # 4862
Posted to MC-Recipe Digest V1 #275  Date: Sun, 3 Nov 1996 12:06:40
-0500  From: Doc1946@aol.com

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Nutrition (calculated from recipe ingredients) ---------------------------------------------- Calories: 251 Calories From Fat: 175 Total Fat: 19.7g Cholesterol: 197.7mg Sodium: 1713.2mg Potassium: 378.8mg Carbohydrates: 3.2g Fiber: <1g Sugar: <1g Protein: 15.3g