Garlic Soup

Name: Garlic Soup
Cook time: 1 h 15 min
Total time: 1 h 15 min
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 2 tablespoons olive oil; 2 tablespoons butter; 2 pounds onions, about 4, chopped; 2 cups garlic cloves, about 4 large heads, chopped; 2 quarts Chicken Stock or canned low-sodium chicken broth; 1/2 loaf day-old French bread (about 1/4 pound), cut into chunks; 1 bouquet garni: 6 parsley stems, 9 sprigs fresh thyme or 1 1/2 teaspoons dried, and 1 bay leaf; 1 1/2 teaspoons salt; 2 cups half-and-half; 1/4 teaspoon fresh-ground black pepper; Croutons, optional

Instructions

Cook:1h 15min

This garlic soup recipe is smooth and creamy, and a specialty at Bayona in New Orleans. What seems like a prodigious amount of garlic is mellowed by the long, slow cooking.

Updated at: Thu, 23 Jan 2025 13:20:33 GMT