Sunday, March 11, 2012

Green Garlic Soup

Green Garlic Soup

Ingredients:
2 T Olive oil
1 T Butter
1 Leek, sliced thinly
6 Young green garlic heads with leaves, sliced with leaves set aside
2 t Fresh thyme
8 C Garlic chicken stock
2 C Peas
1/4 C Cream
Salt to taste

Directions:
1.  Heat up the chicken stock and add the leaves from the garlic.  Simmer for 20 minutes.
2.  In soup pot, add olive oil, butter, leeks, garlic heads and thyme.   Saute for about 10 minutes.
3.  Add peas and stock.   Simmer for an additional 15 minutes. 
4.  Puree soup and run though a fine sieve.  
5.  Put back on the stove to heat through and add cream.  Salt to taste. 

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