My Favourite Get Well Soon Remedy: Cream of Garlic Soup

This simple soup, like most simple recipes, is so much more than the sum of it's parts.  It comes together quickly and has few ingredients, yet it is sweet and rich and so very comforting when you're fighting off a cold.

This is a soup our family reserves only for when we are sick.  I don't suggest going about your daily life, out there in public, with the scent of this soup oozing from your pores. That's just not a good way to make friends, ya know?


Cream of Garlic Soup

Coarsely chop two whole heads of garlic.

 

 Melt about a tablespoon of butter in your soup pot over medium heat.  

Add the garlic and a large pinch of Kosher salt.

Cook over medium heat, for 5-7 minutes or until the garlic begins to turn golden brown.  Be careful not to burn the garlic! 

Sprinkle the garlic with a 1/4 cup of all purpose flour (if you'd rather not measure, that is about a handful)) and stir the flour around for one minute.  Quickly add 1 cup of chicken broth or stock. Tilt pot and puree with a handheld stick blender (or place in an ordinary blender to puree and then return to the pot)

Stir in 3 more cups of chicken stock and bring soup to a boil.

Once the soup has boiled , remove it from heat and stir in 1/2 a cup of cream combined with a 1/2 cup of milk.  The proportions of the milk/cream mixture often varies based on how rich/poor/decadent I'm feeling.

Season to taste with pepper and more salt, if necessary.

Serve in soup bowls with a loaf of good sourdough bread or some large garlicky homemade croutons.  Or, better yet, just sip it from a favourite mug!

Here's the recipe without the pictures so that you can make the soup without having to scroll through the whole blog post:


Cream of Garlic Soup
1. Coarsely chop 2 heads of garlic.
2. Melt a tablespoon of butter in a soup pot over medium heat.
3. Add the garlic to the pot and sprinkle with a large pinch of kosher salt.
4. Cook over medium heat for 5-7 minutes or until the garlic begins to turn golden brown.  Be careful not to burn the garlic!  
5. Sprinkle the garlic with a 1/4 cup of all purpose flour and stir the flour around.  Quickly add 1 cup of chicken broth or stock. Tilt pot and puree with a handheld stick blender (or place in an ordinary blender to puree and then return to the pot)
6. Stir in 3 more cups of chicken stock and bring soup to a boil.
7..Once the soup has boiled , remove it from heat and stir in 1/2 a cup of cream combined with a 1/2 cup of milk.
8. Season to taste with pepper and more salt, if necessary.

Enjoy!  And get well soon!

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