Red Garlic Soup

Recipe Ingredients

2 lbs	908g / 32oz	Chicken bones
1		Onion - quartered
1		Garlic head
6		Garlic cloves - minced
3		Garlic cloves - halved
1/4 cup	59ml	Olive oil - plus
3 tablespoons	45ml	Olive oil
1/4 lb	113g / 4oz	Cured Spanish ham, or prosciutto - diced
1		Tomato - seeded, diced
2 teaspoons	10ml	Sweet paprika
6		Country bread - (very thin)
8		Cumin seeds
8		Saffron threads
6		Eggs - (optional)

Recipe Instructions

Prepare the chicken stock by combining the chicken bones, onion, and garlic head in a large pot. Add enough water to cover, about 1 gallon, and bring to a boil. Skim and discard foam that rises to the top. Reduce to a simmer and cook, uncovered, about 1 hour, periodically skimming foam from the top. If liquid is evaporating too rapidly, add a cup or two of water. Strain by lifting liquid out with a ladle. Discard the onion and garlic, and set aside to cool. Reserve 2 quarts for the soup, and save the extra for another use. (It will keep in the refrigerator up to 5 days.)

Heat the 1/4 cup olive oil in a large saucepan, add the 6 cloves minced garlic, and saute until golden. Add the cured ham, and saute for a minute. Add the tomato and paprika, and saute briefly, then add the reserved chicken stock. Bring to a boil, reduce heat and simmer for 30 minutes.

Meanwhile, toast the bread, rub half a clove of the remaining 3 garlic cloves over each piece, and drizzle with the remaining olive oil. With a mortar and pestle, pound the leftover garlic halves, cumin seeds, and saffron. Stir paste into the simmering soup, and add the bread, breaking it up a bit.

If using eggs, break the eggs into the simmering soup and poach them until set, but yolks still soft. Serve soup immediately, ladling it into warm earthenware bowls.

This recipe yields 4 to 6 servings.

Source:
TOO HOT TAMALES WORLD TOUR with Susan Feniger and Mary Sue Milliken - From the TV FOOD NETWORK - (Show # WT-1B40 broadcast 07-08-1998) - Downloaded from their Web-Site - http://www.foodtv.com

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