A few years ago in Austria, on a skiing trip, I tasted, on the recommendation of some friends, a specialty of the place – an excellent garlic cream soup.
Since then, I’ve also tried the versions from Bucharest restaurants, but I was disappointed with the taste, especially since they were mostly similar to belly soup, but without the belly :). So this weekend, I went to the market, armed myself with all the ingredients and set off.
For the soup I used the following ingredients: 5-6 cloves of garlic, 2 small white onions, 1 carrot, 1 parsnip, 1 piece of celery root, 5-6 suitable potatoes, 5-6 sprigs of fresh thyme, 1-2 tablespoons of butter (I used butter with spices, but you can also use olive oil for fasting soup), salt and pepper.
I cleaned all the vegetables, washed them and cut them finely. I put half the amount of garlic together with the rest of the vegetables and a little salt in a pot and added water just enough to cover the vegetables (about 2-3 cm above the vegetables). I boiled everything on medium heat for about 20 minutes. When the vegetables were already soaked, I added the remaining garlic and a few sprigs of thyme and left the pot on the fire for about 5 minutes. I mashed all the ingredients and at the end I added 1 tablespoon of butter with spices, salt and pepper. So that the soup can also be consumed by those who are fasting, instead of butter, 1 tablespoon of olive oil can be added and then mixed in a blender for 1-2 minutes, to homogenize.
To serve, I also prepared some bruschetta, I cut some thin slices of wholemeal bread, which I smeared with a little butter with spices and on top, I put a thin slice of Parmesan cheese and a sprig of thyme, then I put in the oven (180 degrees C) for 5 minutes. For the fasting recipe, the bread slices can be smeared with a maglavais of olive oil, crushed garlic, thyme and salt and then put in the oven.
Butter and parmesan melted flavoring the slices of bread and making them a little crunchy, just enough to tingle the taste buds a little ;).
That’s about it, I can only tell you that this soup is incredibly tasty and ranks successfully in the top of the best soups eaten so far, so try it too, it’s easy to make and the result is excellent 🙂 .