Garlic soup

{{short description|Type of soup using garlic as a main ingredient}}

File:IMG 0768 - Obertraun - Gasthof Dachsteinhof - Garlic Soup.JPGGarlic soup is a type of soup using garlic as a main ingredient. In Spanish cuisine, sopa de ajo ('soup of garlic') is a traditional garlic soup made with bread and egg{{cite book | last=Books | first=Madison | last2=Andrews McMeel Publishing | first2=LLC | last3=Kummer | first3=C. | title=1001 Foods To Die For | publisher=Andrews McMeel Publishing | year=2007 | isbn=978-0-7407-7043-2 | url=https://archive.org/details/1001foodstodiefo00andr | url-access=registration | language=de | access-date=January 24, 2015 | page=[https://archive.org/details/1001foodstodiefo00andr/page/133 133]}} poached in chicken broth, and laced with garlic{{cite book | last=Bayless | first=R. | last2=Bayless | first2=D.G. | last3=Brownson | first3=J.M. | title=Rick Bayless Mexican Kitchen | publisher=Scribner | year=1996 | isbn=978-0-684-80006-6 | url=https://archive.org/details/rickbaylesssmexi00bayl | url-access=registration | access-date=January 24, 2015 | page=[https://archive.org/details/rickbaylesssmexi00bayl/page/120 120]}} and sherry.

By country

= Czech Republic =

File:Česnečka.jpegIn the Czech Republic, garlic soup is called česnečka. It is made with garlic and potatoes and topped with fried bread.{{cite web | author=Barrell , Ryan | title=13 Hangover Cures the World Swears By | website=Paste | date=March 13, 2017 | url=https://www.pastemagazine.com/articles/2017/03/13-hangover-cures-the-world-swears-by.html | access-date=July 30, 2017}} Sometimes cheese, ham or eggs are added.{{Cn|date=August 2021}}

=France=

Versions of garlic soup have been prepared in Provence, France.{{cite book | last=Braux | first=A. | title=How to Lower Your Cholesterol with French Gourmet Food: A Practical Guide | publisher=Createspace Independent Pub | year=2009 | isbn=978-1-4486-7697-2 | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=DnllOww1PYUC&pg=PA188 | access-date=January 24, 2015 | page=188}}{{cite book | last=Child | first=J. | title=The Way to Cook | publisher=Alfred A. Knopf | series=Alfred A. Knopf | year=1989 | isbn=978-0-679-74765-9 | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=pzzHQdIXlPYC&pg=PA31 | access-date=January 24, 2015 | page=31}}

=Mexico=

Versions of garlic soup similar to Spanish versions are prepared in Mexico.

=Poland=

In Poland, garlic soup is sometimes called zupa na gwoździu (literally soup on the nail).{{cite book | last=Strybel | first=R. | title=Polish Holiday Cookery | publisher=Hippocrene Books | series=New Cookbooks Series | year=2003 | isbn=978-0-7818-0994-8 | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=eXuO_-KMm2sC&pg=PA102 | access-date=2015-01-24 | page=102}}

In Upper Silesia, the traditional wodzionka soup has a garlic-based version, made with diced garlic, hard-boiled egg, potatoes and fried bread.

=Slovakia=

Cesnačka is also a part of Slovak cuisine.

=Spain=

File:Sopa de Ajo 2.jpg

In Spain, egg whites are sometimes whipped into the soup, as with egg drop soup. Sopa de ajo{{cite book | last=Rombauer | first=I.S. | last2=Becker | first2=M.R. | last3=Becker | first3=E. | last4=Guarnaschelli | first4=M. | title=JOC All New Rev. - 1997 | publisher=Scribner | year=1997 | isbn=978-0-684-81870-2 | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=tbyW2LeXIOkC&pg=PA106 | access-date=2015-01-24 | page=106}} is a traditional winter soup in Palencia and Valladolid where it is made with bread mixed with pepper, water and garlic. It is cooked slowly and a raw egg is often whipped into the soup as it is served. Sopa de ajo is also traditional in Castilian-Leonese cuisine and Castilian-Manchego cuisine. In Extremaduran cuisine, sopa blanca de ajos (white bean garlic soup) is a tradition.{{Cn|date=August 2021}}

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