Best 5 Sopa De Ajo Blanco Chilled Garlic Soup Recipes

AJO BLANCO RECIPE - CHILLED ALMOND SOUP

Steps:

• Place the stale bread into the blender and cover with the cold water and vinegar
• Add the strained almonds, diced apple, and garlic
• Pulse in the blender until smooth
• Taste and adjust for salt and vinegar
• Add ice if serving immediately (to make sure it's fully chilled)
• While blending, slowly add the olive oil
• Taste and adjust seasoning
• Chill in the fridge if you have time
• To serve, top with sliced green grapes

CHEF JOHN'S SPANISH GARLIC SOUP (SOPA DE AJO)

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.

SOPA DE AJO (GARLIC SOUP)

Steps:

• Cut the white bread into cubes. Heat the olive oil in a saucepan and fry the bread cubes in it until golden brown. Add the garlic and let it color a little. Season with the paprika powders and salt and pour on the meat stock. Cover and leave to simmer for about 15 minutes. Fill 4 earthenware bowls with soup. Carefully slip 1 egg into each bowl and leave to cook in a preheated oven at about 390 degree F for around 10 minutes. Serve the soup very hot.

SOPA DE AJO BLANCO CHILLED GARLIC SOUP.

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.

CASTILIAN GARLIC SOUP (SOPA DE AJO)

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.