Roasted Garlic Soup with Parmesan

Submitted by Miraklegirl

"Ripped off a Martha Stewart bulletin board. This is a VERY elegant soup that is so tasty and not difficult to prepare."

 

• Ready In: 1hr
• Ingredients: 10
• Serves: 4

ingredients

• 26 cloves roasted garlic (2-3 heads)
• 2 tablespoons olive oil
• 2 tablespoons butter
• 2 1⁄4 cups sliced onions
• 1 1⁄2 teaspoons chopped fresh thyme
• 18 cloves garlic, peeled
• 3 1⁄2 cups chicken stock or 3 1/2 cups vegetable stock
• 1⁄2 cup whipping cream
• 1⁄2 cup finely grated parmesan cheese (about 2 ounces)
• 4 lemon wedges

directions

1. Melt butter in heavy large saucepan over medium-high heat; add onions and thyme and cook until onions are translucent, about 6 minutes.
2. Add roasted garlic and 18 raw garlic cloves and cook 3 minutes.
3. Add chicken stock; cover and simmer until garlic is very tender, about 20 minutes.
4. Working in batches, purée soup in blender until smooth.
5. Return soup to saucepan; add cream and bring to simmer.
6. Season with salt and pepper.
7. Divide grated cheese among 4 bowls and ladle soup over.
8. Squeeze juice of 1 lemon wedge into each bowl and serve.

Reviews

[Sunnybrook]

Very nice garlic flavor. I didn't have a lemon so I used concentrate and I don't think I added enough. I also used a blend of Italian cheeses. I think I'll make it again and use gruyere cheese. I also used half and half instead of whipping cream. I may try again with whipping cream, but the half and half was just fine.

 

[Jopalis]

Delicious! Made as an appetizer for Father's Day. It was so yummy. I added some freshly ground pepper and a splash of white wine while sauteeing the onions,etc. Don't let the amt of garlic scare you. It is so mild and flavorful even my 6 yr old loved it. I used 5 heads of garlic! 3 roasted and 2 sauteed... Never ever used that much... It is a keeper! I know I will make many more times.

 

[dianabanana]

I have made this soup a number of times. I served it to company, and told them it was cream of parmesan so that they wouldn't be scared off. I used half and half instead of the cream for subsequent batches, and I roasted more of the garlic, preferring the carmelized flavor to the unroasted. The parmesan and lemon add that nice zest to it. I will make this again and again.

 

[June S.]

This was a rich wonderful soup, and surprisingly didn't taste too strong of garlic as i was expecting, Only thing i omitted was the Parmesan cheese as i did not have any, It went down well with all of us & will definitely make it again.

 

[RedhairMac]

Wonderful soup and nice breakout from the same-old same-old. The house smelled SO good with this soup simmering on the stove, and it was even better in the bowl. It sounds like a lot of garlic but it's really perfect. And don't be tempted to skip the addition of the lemon juice -- it really makes it. I found roasted garlic in bags at the market so I used them rather than roast my own and use some un-roasted, and it came out perfect. Thank you for a great posting!