Asordo - Portuguese Bread Soup

The Portuguese love bread soup. It was a peasant dish in the old country, and when they came to this country, it continued to be a favourite way of using up stale bread.

• Ready In: 30 mins
• Serves: 8

Ingredients

• 1  lb  loaf  French bread, dry, broken up into small pieces
• 5  garlic cloves, peeled and finely chopped
• 3  tablespoons olive oil
• 2  quarts  chicken stock
• 1⁄2 lb shrimp, peeled
•  salt
•  Tabasco sauce (use Piri Piri if available)
•  chopped parsley
• 4  whole eggs

Directions

1. Soak bread in water until soft. Squeeze out the water and set the bread aside.
2. In a soup pot, toast the garlic in the olive oil, just until it begins to barely brown.
3. Add the chicken stock to the pot and bring to a simmer.
4. Add the bread to the pot and simmer, making a thick soup.
5. Add the shrimp, salt, and Piri Piri.
6. Cook for a moment.
7. Place the soup in a tureen and garnish with the parsley.
8. Break the eggs on top of the soup.
9. Bring to the table and stir the eggs into the soup before serving.