Sopa de Ajo
The Castilian garlic soup of shepherds and cold winter nights — sliced garlic and stale bread fried in olive oil with smoked pimentón, simmered in stock and finished with eggs poached right in the pot.
Ingredients
Ingredients
- 8 garlic cloves, thinly sliced
- 5 tbsp olive oil
- 60 g serrano ham, diced
- 150 g stale country bread, thinly sliced
- 2 tsp smoked sweet paprika (pimentón de la Vera)
- 1.2 l chicken stock, hot
- to taste salt
- 4 eggs
- 1 tbsp parsley, chopped
Nutrition (estimated)
medium confidenceRecipe total: 3831 kcal · P 380.5g · C 96.1g · F 203g
Estimated from 8 of 9 ingredients
Approximate estimate, calculated from the ingredients.
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Steps
Steps
- 1Heat the olive oil in a wide, shallow pot over medium-low heat and cook the garlic slowly for 3–4 minutes until pale gold — not brown, or the soup turns bitter.
- 2Add the ham and cook 1 minute.
- 3Add the bread and turn it in the oil for 2–3 minutes, until it soaks up the oil and toasts lightly.
- 4Take the pot off the heat and stir in the paprika — off the heat, because it burns in seconds.
- 5Pour in the hot stock, return to the heat and simmer 10 minutes, until the bread starts to break down; season with salt.
- 6Crack the eggs into the simmering soup, spaced apart, cover and poach for 3–4 minutes, until the whites are set and the yolks still runny.
- 7Ladle into bowls with one egg each and sprinkle with the parsley.
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Questions and answers
How long does Sopa de Ajo take to make?
About 30 minutes: 10 min prep and 20 min cooking.
What ingredients do you need for Sopa de Ajo?
9 ingredients: garlic cloves, olive oil, serrano ham, stale country bread, smoked sweet paprika, chicken stock, salt, eggs, parsley.
How many servings does this Sopa de Ajo recipe make?
4 servings. The servings buttons above the ingredients rescale every amount.
How many calories are in a serving of Sopa de Ajo?
About 958 kcal, with 95.1 g protein, 24 g carbohydrate and 50.8 g fat. This is an estimate from the ingredients, not a lab analysis.
Which diets does this Sopa de Ajo recipe suit?
It is dairy-free.
What cuisine is Sopa de Ajo?
Sopa de Ajo comes from Spanish cuisine.
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