Name: Spanish Garlic Soup

Ingredients:

• ¼ cup extra virgin olive oil
• 6 to 8 whole garlic cloves
• 1 tablespoon Spanish smoked paprika or Hungarian paprika
• 4 slices crusty bread, sliced ½-inch thick
• 6 cups water
• ½ teaspoon cumin
• 1 pinch saffron
• Sea salt
• 4 eggs

Instructions:

• Preheat oven to 475 degrees.
• In a sauté pan or shallow casserole dish, heat half the oil over medium heat.
• Cook garlic cloves until lightly browned and soft.
• Remove garlic from pan, add bread slices and cook until golden brown on both sides.
• Remove bread slices.
• Add remaining oil and heat paprika and cumin in the oil until fragrant.
• Add water and saffron and bring to a boil.
• Crush garlic cloves, add to the broth and simmer for 10 minutes.
• Add salt to taste. Because few ingredients are used in this soup, salt is an essential ingredient and using sea salt does make a difference.

  To serve:
  

• Divide broth into individual oven proof bowls or finish the cooking in the casserole.
• Break the eggs into the broth and add the bread slices.
• Place into the preheated oven and cook for 4 minutes or until the eggs are set.
• Serve immediately

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Source: http://www.theheartofnewengland.com/food-GarlicSoup.html by Charlie Burke

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