Caramelized Onion & Roasted Garlic Bisque
- Ready In:
- 1hr 15mins
- Ingredients:
- 12
- Serves:
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6
ingredients
- 1 large whole head of garlic
- 1 1⁄2 tablespoons olive oil
- 9 cups thinly sliced sweet onions
- 2 1⁄2 cups sliced leeks
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 1 teaspoon dried thyme
- 2 tablespoons flour
- 1⁄3 cup dry white wine
- 30 ounces chicken broth
- 2 cups milk
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Garnish
- 6 tablespoons sour cream
- toasted caraway seed (optional)
directions
- Preheat oven to 350°F.
- Remove the papery outer skin from garlic, but do not peel or separate cloves.
- Rub 1-1/2 tsps oil over garlic head; wrap in foil and bake for one hour.
- Let cool ten minutes; separate cloves and squeeze to extract garlic pulp.
- Set pulp aside.
- Heat remaining oil in a pot over medium heat; add onions and leeks and cook for 30 minutes, stirring often.
- Add 1/2 tsp salt and thyme; cook an additional 30 minutes or until onions are golden.
- Stir in flour; add wine and broth and bring to a boil; reduce heat and simmer 30 minutes.
- Add garlic pulp, remaining salt and milk to onion mixture.
- Simmer 8 minutes or until thoroughly heated.
- Place half of the mixture in the blender and process until smooth; pour into a soup tureen or another pot and repeat with second half of mixture.
- Garnish with sour cream and toasted caraway seeds (optional).
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Reviews
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Well I'm not sure which are Evelyn's two favourite things in this recipe, but I just loved how garlicky, oniony, leeky and creamy this was. And the thyme was just the right herb here. A fabulous soup that I'll be making again. I didn't have any caraway seeds on hand when I made this, but I'll make sure that I do next time. Thank you for sharing this wonderful recipe! We all loved it.
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OK, here goes. I live in Athens, Greece. I moved out here many, many years ago from Ottawa, Canada - so I am blessed in having two wonderful heritages!
I suffer from compulsive obsessive behaviour with regard to food and my psychiatrist thought it would be a good idea to find a 'society' where many have the same problem and try to find a cure.
So far, I've copied a couple of thousand recipes from this site and my psychiatrist has thrown the towel in and refuses to answer the phone when I call.
What did I do wrong?
Got 3 kids that keep me on the go - 10 and under at this point (2008) - I may not get round to updating this for a few years, so you'll have to do your own maths.
I teach English full-time and Greek Cookery part-time. I would like to make the cooking part of it full-time and the English Grammar part of it part-time.
That's all for now.